⚫️An £8m property in Belgravia inhabited by the son of a newly sanctioned Russian oligarch could be seized by the Government as part of the response to Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine
💼Official records show the property is linked to Roman Rotenberg, a British citizen, whose father is Boris Rotenberg, who alongside his brother Arkady is one of Russia's richest businessmen
💰Their $4bn fortune is based on contracts with the state-owned energy giant Gazprom
🏠The Telegraph can reveal that the Belgravia mews house was bought in 2007 for £3.3m and registered to a Cyprus company called Loktan Services.
💸Experts estimate that the property is now worth £8m
Nobody was available for comment on Wednesday at the property, which appeared empty but secure
📷A small camera was positioned in the top left corner of the doorway.
The property was well-maintained but it appears the owners may not have visited in some time
🚨Ukraine’s foreign minister says his country is suffering “horrific rocket strikes” not seen since the Second World War as Russian artillery pounded Kyiv.
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🔴Russian forces are just miles away from Kyiv.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told lawmakers on a phone call at 6:30pm Eastern Time that Russian mechanised forces were closing in on the capital
🇱🇹Lithuania has become the latest country in Europe to impose a state of emergency after the Russian invasion of Ukraine telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
🇩🇪Germany is boosting its defence to ward off any possible surges in cyberattacks, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has said telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
🇷🇺Banks in Moscow are running out of foreign currency.
Sberbank, Russia’s biggest bank, in a statement called on Russia not to panic-withdraw funds telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
Boris Johnson said he is "appalled by the horrific events" in Ukraine and that he had spoken to its president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss "next steps".
❌For the best part of two years, Putin has been kept in a biosecurity bubble of such severity that people scheduled to meet him spend a fortnight in guarded isolation.
And even then have to pass through a tunnel fogged with disinfectant and bathed in ultraviolet light
➡️Beyond a relative handful of his closest aides and friends, everyone has become a two-dimensional figure on a screen to him, his country a foreign land experienced through the TV news