It turns out that Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich did not have all of his real estate on the sanctions list. In the city of Gustavia on the Caribbean island of Saint Barth, he has a building.
Repair work was going on and was suspended. Formally, the property belongs to the offshore company Ranelagh Investments Limited, whose agent is Zedra Trust Company. These companies are registered in Jersey, and Zedra Trust Company has been working with Abramovich since 2016. The nominal owner is Norson Harris, who can ensure the anonymity of the Russian oligarch.
Earlier, the list of “frozen” assets of Roman Abramovich included a 28-hectare estate in St. Barth. The oligarch bought it in 2009 for $90 million. In Gustavia, he often organizes loud festivities. But the authorities of the island of Jersey “froze” Abramovich’s assets for $7 billion. There is no detailed information about these assets, but this amount exceeds half of the entire fortune of Roman Abramovich. The oligarch is reportedly under investigation in Jersey. In Portugal, the Abramovich mansion worth 10 million euros was arrested, as was the Chteau de la Cro villa on the French Riviera.
It is noteworthy that not only the oligarch Roman Abramovich hides the assets from the public, but also Anatoly Chubais, who left Russia. His daughter’s husband, Grigory Polikarpov, owns a house in the center of Prague. Formally, the property is registered with Edama Gold. Polikarpov opened a brewery and a restaurant “At Three Roses” for her. The opening took place back in 2012, even the then President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Klaus was present. The son-in-law of Anatoly Chubais only bought the building at a cost of 600,000 euros. Whether Chubais could help his relatives financially, one can only guess.
