Two Russians are staking a dazzling London property in a legal dispute. Why is it so coveted?
When we think of mansions and specifically within London, Buckingham Palace instantly comes to mind. But it is the city’s second largest mansion that is in dispute. Is about Witanhurstan ostentatious mansion that is in the middle of a fight between two Russian oligarchs: Andrey Guryev (64) and Alexander Gorbachev (62).
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Both are the protagonists of this story which, like the mansion, has many windows. On the one hand there is Guryev, last owner of Witanhursta major player in the fertilizer business and ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
With a fortune of 8.7 billion eurosthe largest shareholder of the fertilizer company PhosAgro was sanctionedboth for the European Union and for the United Kingdom due to the war in Ukraine and his link with Putin.
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On the other side is Gorbachev, who has nothing to do with the former president, but who he knew how to be director of PhosAgro and that he claims to Guryev 3,000 million euros that would correspond to 25% of the company and the valuable mansion.
There is a precedent involving Igor Sychev, who went through a similar situation, but in his case he claimed only 1% of the fertilizer company and claims to have had three assassination attempts by Putin’s allies. The trial court in London will rule on this dispute in mid-June.
What the mansion with 365 windows in London is like
Witenhurst is a property that impresses with its size and decorations. Valued at 350 million euros, it has 65 rooms, a large ballroom, a 20-meter pool, a private cinema room and an immense garden.
However, the detail that distinguishes this mansion from others are its 365 windowsone for each day of the year, which are distributed throughout the surroundings of the structure.
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