{"id":3724,"date":"2016-02-05T03:53:28","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T20:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mega-rich-homes-tour-puts-spotlight-on-londons-oligarchs\/"},"modified":"2016-02-05T04:01:55","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T21:01:55","slug":"mega-rich-homes-tour-puts-spotlight-on-londons-oligarchs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mega-rich-homes-tour-puts-spotlight-on-londons-oligarchs\/","title":{"rendered":"Mega-rich homes tour puts spotlight on London's oligarchs"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCampaigners connected to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny offer tour of billionaires\u2019 exclusive homes, including those of Vladimir Putin\u2019s friendsIt is London\u2019s biggest non-royal private home, a palace in Highgate with 28 bedrooms, a 40,000-sq-ft basement and designer orangery. On Thursday the huge mansion, Witanhurst, was on the list of several destinations for what was billed by political campaigners as London\u2019s first ever \u201ckleptocracy\u201d tour.Campaigners connected to Russia\u2019s opposition leader Alexei Navalny \u2013 a lawyer and critic of corruption \u2013 hired a bus and gave a guided tour of houses and flats in London\u2019s most exclusive districts, properties owned by Russian government ministers and wealthy friends of Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir Putin. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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