A mansion in Biarritz, owned by Russian President Vladimir Poutine’s ex-son-in-law, has been put on Bercy’s list of “frozen” properties because they belong to figures sanctioned by the European Union for their proximity to Russian power.
Three men who broke into Kirill Shamalov’s Alta Mira villa and unfurled the Ukrainian flag there in mid-March had been called to order for this “violation” at the end of their police custody of the residence”.
This villa is now on the regularly updated list by the Ministry of Economy and Finance of properties belonging to more than 500 individuals and entities sanctioned by the European Union following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and subject to a freeze to prevent their sale .
Its owner, Kirill Chamalov, is portrayed by the international media as the former son-in-law of the Russian President after his marriage to Katerina Tikhonova, Putin’s youngest child.
According to a source close to the case, among the three men who entered this mansion are local Russophile activist Pierre Haffner, aka “Yellow Vests,” and a man who identified himself as an opponent of Vladimir Putin’s regime spends
In a video posted to YouTube by the local activist, one of the two men could be seen walking around the huge residence built under Napoleon III. was built on the side of the cliff and had a breathtaking view of the sea. “This house was bought with money stolen by Putin, his mafia, the Russian people and the people oppressed by Putin’s Russia,” he said in a comment.
In another video, also posted to YouTube, the second accused waved the Ukrainian flag on one of the villa’s two terraces, and the film is subtitled “Victory in Biarritz. Conquest of Putin’s palace.
In late February, the exterior of Villa Suzanna, an Art Deco-style residence also built overlooking the ocean in Anglet, near Biarritz, was owned by a real estate company that bears the names of Russian President Lyudmila’s ex-wife and herself Husband, Russian businessman Arthur Ocheretny, had been humiliated.