From The Sun, September 25:
BILLIONAIRES linked to Gazprom, the Russian gas giant blamed for Europe’s supply crisis, have snapped up a string of UK mansions.
Andrey Goncharenko, 48, was chief executive of a Gazprom subsidiary when he bought four properties in London over the past decade worth £260million.
They include the UK’s most expensive townhouse — £120million Hanover Lodge near Regent’s Park — plus £70million 50 St James Street in Mayfair.
Homes he appears to have sold include a £15million pad in Eaton Place and a £41million mansion in Hampstead. Goncharenko has recently been involved with SK Horizont which helped build a processing plant for Gazprom.Meanwhile Kazakh oligarch and Gazprom director Timur Kulibayev, 55, bought Prince Andrew’s marital home Sunninghill Park for £15million — £3m over the asking price.
The Queen gifted Andrew the property in Ascot, Berks, in 1986.
It went on the market in 2002 and sold in 2007. A four-vehicle garage, sun deck and kids’ play area have all been added in a major refurb.
Viktor Zubkov, 80, chair of the Gazprom board, served as Russian PM for eight months from September 2007.....
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Yeah, there's near The Regent's Park and then there's this:Launder Your Illicit Lucre in Houses
Buy UK property, we suspect.
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1) The Sultan of Brunei's shack in Regent's Park:
If location, location, location really is the first rule of real estate this is probably the most valuable private property in England. As a starting guess, £200 million......
