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In 2006, Russian authorities bought apartments in the center of the UK capital t...

Putin is rich in apartments: the Kremlin bought 255 apartments in the elite area of ​​London - the media

In 2006, Russian authorities bought apartments in the center of the UK capital through an offshore company. The author of this scheme was the banker, which was released from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for bribery. Russian President Vladimir Putin can earn hundreds of millions of pounds for renting apartments in a luxurious residential complex in the elite area of ​​London.

About it writes the British tabloid Daily Mail with reference to the documents of the land cadastre. The Russian authorities will equip 255 apartments in Kensington, an area in the western part of the London Center, purchased in 2006 for 8 million pounds through an offshore company. Rental profit will go to the Kremlin repair, journalists said. Documents show that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the State Bank of Russia bought land for construction at 245 Warwick Road, Kensington.

According to the publication, the Kremlin can turn an investment of hundreds of millions of pounds. In other parts of the London Center, the Kremlin owns at least 12 apartments and houses. The total portfolio is estimated at 100 million pounds. The Russian Embassy did not respond to a comment. The news that Moscow is profitable on real estate speculation in the UK is inevitably alarming, Tabloid said.

The UK Ministry of Finance found a Moscow banker that developed a Kremlin with real estate in London. This is Elena Kotova, who appears in planning applications. Kotova lost her work at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, since in 2014 it was found guilty of receiving 1 million pounds of bribery in Moscow. The National British Crime Agency has concluded that Ktova demanded bribes for the green light of the EBRD's prose from 2005 to 2011. Her London apartment for £ 1.