The stepdaughter of the Russian foreign minister has been enjoying a life of luxury based in a £4m flat in Kensington
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Polina Kovaleva, 26, has been identified by Russian activists as the stepdaughter of Sergey Lavrov.
Her mother, Svetlana Polyakova, with whom Lavrov has had a relationship since the early 2000s, is said to be his unofficial wife 👫
Her mother, Svetlana Polyakova, with whom Lavrov has had a relationship since the early 2000s, is said to be his unofficial wife 👫
Kovaleva went to a private boarding school in Bristol before gaining a first-class degree in economics with politics at Loughborough University and later completing a master’s in economics and strategy for business at Imperial College London
She went on to work for Gazprom, the Russian energy giant, where she helped with mergers and acquisitions and later worked at Glencore, the mining company
Before buying her own home she lived in Holland Park, west London, in an apartment in a townhouse that The Times can reveal is owned by the Russian embassy. 🇷🇺
Records show that the nearby Ukrainian embassy alleged Russia had wrongly claimed ownership of the property
Records show that the nearby Ukrainian embassy alleged Russia had wrongly claimed ownership of the property
Kovaleva now lives in an apartment, which Land Registry documents state she purchased for £4.4m with no mortgage in 2016, when she was 21, in a block just off Kensington High Street. 🛍️
She shares the apartment with a man, believed to be her partner
She shares the apartment with a man, believed to be her partner
The “award-winning” development where she lives is described as enjoying “far-reaching views across Kensington & Holland Park”, with “extensive leisure facilities" including:
🌊 Pool
🏃♂️ Gym
💅 Spa
🎬 Cinema,
🎮 Games room
⛳️ Golf simulator
🌊 Pool
🏃♂️ Gym
💅 Spa
🎬 Cinema,
🎮 Games room
⛳️ Golf simulator
Security staff at the building yesterday refused to say whether she was still in London.
On her social media profiles, deleted shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, she posted photographs as she travelled around the world 🌍
On her social media profiles, deleted shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, she posted photographs as she travelled around the world 🌍
Maria Pevchikh, an investigator at FBK who revealed Kovaleva’s connection to Lavrov, called yesterday for Kovaleva and her family to be sanctioned.
🗣️“Polina’s biological dad isn’t super rich. She doesn’t have an oligarch husband. But at the age of 21, she bought this apartment”
🗣️“Polina’s biological dad isn’t super rich. She doesn’t have an oligarch husband. But at the age of 21, she bought this apartment”
Pevchikh claimed:
🗣️“Her only source of money is her unemployed mother who happens to be Lavrov’s informal wife. This is the textbook example of unexplained wealth. The property can be legally seized right now”
🗣️“Her only source of money is her unemployed mother who happens to be Lavrov’s informal wife. This is the textbook example of unexplained wealth. The property can be legally seized right now”
Pevchikh added:
🗣️“Lavrov gave numerous speeches about the evil Anglo-Saxon world and the awful liberal western countries who want to destroy 🇷🇺 and 🇺🇦. So why on Earth does his step-daughter live in the centre of London? Why not in Crimea or Donbas, why doesn’t she move there?”
🗣️“Lavrov gave numerous speeches about the evil Anglo-Saxon world and the awful liberal western countries who want to destroy 🇷🇺 and 🇺🇦. So why on Earth does his step-daughter live in the centre of London? Why not in Crimea or Donbas, why doesn’t she move there?”
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