Lyudmila Ocheretna, former wife of Vladimir Putin, wants to “urgently sell” two properties in Spain. The reason is said to be fears of EU sanctions, reported the Spanish daily El Mundo.
Oczeretna wants to sell two apartments in the Lomas del Rey residential complex, located in the southern resort of Marbella Spain. According to “El Mundo”, quoted on Wednesday by “Ukrainian Pravda”, the cost of these properties is EUR 2.2 million. The reason for the sale is the fear of being covered by European Union sanctions. The ex-wife of the president Russia is already on the UK sanctions list.
Her current husband, Artur Oczeretny, bought apartments with an area of 229 and 405 square meters in 2011 and 2014, shortly before marrying Ludmiła, and registered them in his name. To pay for them, he obtained a mortgage from one of the Spanish banks. As reported by the Spanish media, the purchase of a Spanish property worth more than 500,000 euro gives foreigners the right to obtain a residence permit in Spain, initially temporary – for a year, and then permanent.
Vladimir Putin and Lyudmila Putina in 2013.Reuters
Politico: they have amassed millions of euros in European real estate
Lyudmila Ocheretna, former flight attendant of Aeroflot, married Vladimir Putin July 28, 1983. The marriage lasted three decades, although according to media reports, the breakdown of the relationship was already visible ten years before their divorce in 2013. The couple has two daughters: Maria Vorontsova and Katerina Tikhonova.
Lyudmila Putina, 57, married Artur Ocheretny, head of the Center for the Development of Interpersonal Relations (CRRI), 20 years her junior. Russian media then reported that Putin’s ex-wife has supported the Ocheretny center for years. According to Politico, in addition to Spanish real estate, Oczeretny also owns villas in Switzerland and in France. “Ludmiła Ocheretna and her partner have accumulated millions of euros in European real estate,” the portal reported in early February 2023.
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