Multi-million pound UK properties belonging to Russian oligarchs could be used to house refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine.
Before the latest round of UK sanctions were announced, Roman Abramovich put his £150 million house in Kensington Palace Gardens in London for sale
Speaking to the BBC’s Sunday Morning programme, he said: ‘I want to explore an option which would allow us to use the homes and properties of sanctioned individuals, as long as they are sanctioned, for humanitarian and other purposes.‘But we are saying: “you’re sanctioned, you’re supporting Putin, this home is here, you have no right to use or profit from it – and more than that, while you are not using or profiting from it, if we can use it in order to help others, let’s do that”.
Igor Shuvalov, the former Russian deputy prime minister, owns an £11.44 million luxury flat in London’s Whitehall
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