"Austrian campaigners target Roman Abramovich’s secret Alpine villa
Details of the 2007 purchase of the Fuschlsee house emerged in a huge leak of offshore documents from Cyprus." - FT, Today...
Details of the 2007 purchase of the Fuschlsee house emerged in a huge leak of offshore documents from Cyprus." - FT, Today...
"In November, details of the mysterious purchase in 2007 of the ‘Fisherman’s House’ on the Fuschlsee — an emerald alpine lake just east of Salzburg — came to light in a massive leak of offshore documents from Cyprus."..
"They showed that the property’s buyer — a British woman whom locals believed to be an investment banker — was in fact a cut-out for Abramovich."
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"Abramovich was sanctioned by the EU in March 2022 for his “long and close ties” to the Russian president. The measures mean the 57-year old’s assets across the bloc have been frozen."..
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"The Fisherman’s house, however, is currently owned by his daughter, Anna — who is not targeted by sanctions — who was “gifted” the villa in 2017."
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" Bought in a rundown state for €11mn 16 years ago, millions have since been spent on the cluster of wood and stone buildings, which date back to 1637.
Only the nearby Schloss Fuschl, a sprawling luxury hotel housed in a medieval fortress, has more waterfront."
Only the nearby Schloss Fuschl, a sprawling luxury hotel housed in a medieval fortress, has more waterfront."
"Now the local Green party is campaigning to have the Fisherman’s House taken back — and believes it can do so, even though Anna Abramovich is not under sanctions..
They have just one problem: the official documents from 2007, ..have been destroyed."..
They have just one problem: the official documents from 2007, ..have been destroyed."..
“The coincidence [of the files disappearing] has crooked optics,” local lawyer Lukas Hock told Der Standard newspaper. “I find it very strange.”.
"The property was not even the most opulent property locally connected to sanctioned Russian oligarchs, Heilig-Hofbauer noted. On the Attersee, another 10km east,is the Waldschlössl, a pocket palace that belongs to the former first deputy prime minister of Russia, Igor Shuvalov."
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"Bruce Buck was described by the Financial Times as “one of Roman Abramovich’s closest confidants” since the 1990s when Buck was a lawyer at Skadden Arps and advised Abramovich’s oil company Sibneft."
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"Bruce Buck was described by the Financial Times as “one of Roman Abramovich’s closest confidants” since the 1990s when Buck was a lawyer at Skadden Arps and advised Abramovich’s oil company Sibneft."
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"Technically the Shuvalov property on the Attersee is owned by a Liechtenstein trust, which Heilig-Hofbauer explains, exploits a quirk of Austrian property law. It is classed as an “EU” person, and therefore exempt from restrictions on ownership."..
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