Italian Fireplace Brigade
Italian firefighters extinguished a blaze set in a brazen daybreak arson assault on a lavish villa owned by Vladimir Putin’s prime propagandist Vladimir Solovyov early Wednesday.
A fireplace official confirmed to The Every day Beast that the fireplace almost engulfed the villa located on the flanks of Lake Como, which has been confiscated by Italian officers on account of sanctions however which nonetheless belongs to the Russian state TV presenter. The villa, with sweeping views over one in every of Italy’s most idyllic lakes, was present process full renovation when it was sequestered. It's Solovyov’s most up-to-date property buy in northern Italy, and he had been renovating it due to COVID-19 bonus payouts for building tasks.
Firefighters say they consider the fireplace was set when somebody tossed burning tires over the villa wall. The injury was not important, however the message was clear. The fireplace official stated that it was undoubtedly meant as an indication of protest.
Two of Solovyov’s three properties—price an estimated €8 million—are sequestered. The third, which is claimed to be within the identify of a member of the family, has not but been held by Italy’s monetary police. Solovyov, 58, was essential of Italy becoming a member of the remainder of Europe in sanctioning oligarchs in a broadcast of his night information present in early March.
“For each transaction I introduced paperwork that proved my official wage, earnings, I did the whole lot,” he whined when it turned clear his villas could be sequestered. “I purchased them and paid a loopy quantity of taxes, I did the whole lot. And out of the blue somebody decides that I, this journalist, at the moment are on the sanctions record. And instantly they hit my property.”
CCTV safety footage from the villa is being analyzed to find out who might need set the blaze. “The investigations of the Carabinieri are underway, however we are able to already say that the vandals didn't trigger important injury,” Michele Spaggiari, mayor of the native municipality, stated Wednesday. “The villa is empty in the mean time, with rustic partitions and concrete flooring. It may very well be it was mainly handled as a demonstrative act, which thankfully didn't have critical penalties.”
Spaggiari has been vocal about sanctioning Russian property house owners, of which there are numerous, within the Lake Como space. Lots of the Russians have gained Italian citizenship by residency.