Squatters occupy Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska's London mansion

[demmiblue]

Group enters property in Belgrave Square and warns oligarchs: ‘you occupy Ukraine, we occupy you’

Squatters have occupied a mansion belonging to the Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska in central London in the early hours of Monday.

The five squatters in the building in Belgrave Square – two from eastern Europe, though not from Ukraine – say they feel their countries are also under threat from Vladimir Putin. Their plan is to open up the mansion, which they say “has too many rooms to count” including a cinema and a wine cellar, to Ukrainians fleeing the war, along with other refugees needing shelter.

In a message to Russian oligarchs, the squatters said: “You occupy Ukraine, we occupy you.”

A significant police presence barred entry to the cream-coloured stone building with a black front door and pillars at the entrance.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/mar/14/squatters-occupy-russian-billionaire-oleg-deripaska-london-mansion

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[Jim__]

1. A wine cellar! At least they won't be bored.

[BeyondGeography]

3. Lots of ass kicking in London

Lavrov’s stepdaughter can’t like what she sees when she looks out the window either.

Love it.

[2Gingersnaps]

19. Seems fair.

Carry on liberators!

[Jilly_in_VA]

4. I'm not normally in favor of this kind of thing

but in this case I will make an exception. And they can occupy any other oligarch's mansion they see fit to, also.

[TreasonousBastard]

6. I agree, but a large part of me can't wait until it's tried in New York.

[Aviation Pro]

8. Or Florida

….

[calimary]

11. Same for the boats.

OCCUPY!

[2naSalit]

5. There's a tactic which...

Could be employed in many places.

[mopinko]

16. fingers crossed.

would love to see the chi tower overrun.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

7. Occupiers...they are Occupiers against fascism...cant media ever get it right?

The corporate media don’t like the corporate money laundering being so clearly revealed…by the occupation of a mansion in Thé West bought with laundered money being so symbolic displayed.

So merely…squatters….lol

[highplainsdem]

9. Good for them!

[Emile]

10. Hell yes, make it a homeless shelter.

[IronLionZion]

12. Interesting tactics

hmm... maybe American oligarchs next

[honest.abe]

13. Love it!

More of this please!

[The Jungle 1]

14. Sink their yachts.

[Escurumbele]

17. No, don't sink the yachts, appropriate them, sell them, send the money to Ukraine to buy weapons

If you sink the yachts no one benefits, a $500 million yacht can be sold quickly for 1/2 the price, $250 million will help Ukraine big time.

Same with the wine in that mansion, I bet some of those bottles cost up to $100,000.00 or more. Sell them all at 1/2 price, send the money to Ukraine.

[SheltieLover]

15. Excellent! 👏👏👏👏

[FakeNoose]

18. This needs to happen in New York as well

There are lots of empty condos in Manhattan - luxury condos that were bought illegally by Russian oligarchs. Chump taught them how to disguise their stolen wealth by forming secret holding companies with names like "ABC Holdings LTD." Or whatever ... just don't identify yourself as Russian and nobody will notice. These fake companies were used to purchase multi-million-dollar condos as investments and they're vacant most of the time. Real estate in New York City is so precious that no condo should be left unoccupied. If the oligarchs' wealth is truly being frozen, then these condos can never be sold or transferred again. How will this new reality be addressed in NYC and elsewhere in the US?

[Ford_Prefect]

20. It is just about the only real resistance happening in Britain ATM. Tory Traitors won't

move faster than a Kensington Drawl to cut ties with Putin and his fellow thieves.

[DanieRains]

21. The Filth Of The World Like Russian Oligarchs Use The Banks

As do corrupt leaders and drug lords to move around money at will.

[CaptainTruth]

22. Yesterday it was his daughter's mansion in France.

Today it's his place in London.

I note how these activists aren't just complaining that their government "isn't doing anything" & waiting for an attorney general to impose consequences, they're taking action themselves. There are many ways private citizens can take action to impose consequences, IMHO we need to remember that.

[link:https://www.newsweek.com/vladimir-putin-daughters-house-raided-activist-ukraine-flag-france-pierre-afner-1687629|]

[FelineOverlord]

23. They've already been evicted

The police are very concerned about the oligarchs.

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