“We are targeting oligarchs’ private jets, we’ll be targeting their properties, we’ll be targeting other possessions that they have,” then-Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said at the …
“We are targeting oligarchs’ private jets, we’ll be targeting their properties, we’ll be targeting other possessions that they have,” then-Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said at the time. many of these coveted estates appear to be in as good a condition as ever despite the government’s financial bindings.
The UK government implemented travel bans and froze assets in an attempt to put the squeeze on those ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.“Other countries like Canada are bringing forward serious legislation aimed at not just freezing but seizing these assets,” Labour MP Liam Byrne said. Said to be the second-largest private residence behind Buckingham Palace, the Highgate manse, which Guryev purchased for $373 million from Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s family, nowadays features lawns mowed into stripes, blooming flowerbeds, and even a recently dug-and-sown vegetable plot.
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