Forbes learned about the freezing of real estate Timchenko and Rashnikov in France

The French Ministry of Finance published the addresses of houses and apartments that were frozen in accordance with EU sanctions. FORBES found out which of the Russian businessmen they belong to.

The French authorities froze the real estate of Russian businessmen in the amount of almost $ 1 billion due to sanctions. The list of 41 objects subject to freezing was published by the country's Ministry of Finance on Wednesday. Forbes found out that some of them belong to Russian businessmen.

According to the newspaper, the owner of the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, Viktor Rashnikov , owns real estate from the list in the amount of $200 million.

The villa in Villefranche-sur-Mer on the Cote d'Azur belongs to him through his daughter Olga (she owns 94% of the companies in which the property is registered, and Rashnikov is the DIRECTOR of both). The villa was built in the 1890s, occupied by the Gestapo during the Nazi occupation, and rented by Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards in the 1970s. Rashnikov owns three apartments in the center of Paris, next to the Elysee Palace, through SCI Parc Gabriel, Forbes reports.

In addition, according to Forbes, the French authorities froze the property of one of the founders of Alfa Group, Alexei Kuzmichev.

In particular, a villa in Saint-Tropez, acquired for $57 million through SCI Le Cedre Rouge, was frozen. In addition, three properties in a residential building in the center of Paris were arrested.

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Several more objects frozen by Paris belong to the family of businessman Gennady Timchenko , according to Forbes.

Why and how to open a trading house in CHINA, Kazakhstan, Singapore and the UAE Instructions The owner of two houses on the French Riviera is the wife of an entrepreneur Elena, who also found herself under EU sanctions. Their daughter Xenia Frank owns a company called Arles, which owns two more premises in the area. All of these houses are close to Le Club de Cavalière. it is owned by Sogeco, 61.9% owned by Elena Timchenko. The company also owns the Le Grand Coeur hotel in the French Alps. Both hotels were frozen by the French authorities.

The list also includes the property of Roman Abramovich . In particular, the Château de la Crau mansion, formerly owned by the English King Edward VIII, and objects at three more addresses associated with Abramovich were frozen. Forbes estimated the total value of the property at $340 million.

A villa owned by the French company Pershore Comercio International Sarl, which, in turn, is owned by Russian businessman Andrey Melnichenko's Jalinon Investments Sarl, has been frozen . The cost of the house and three Pershore properties next to this villa is estimated at $80 million.

The Villa Shoshana of Arkady Rotenberg , which he acquired for $47 million in 2014, was frozen, writes Forbes.

Alexander Ponomarenko , whose family co-owns Sheremetyevo Airport, owns two villas on the Mediterranean coast of France. The publication estimated the value of his frozen property at $176 million.

In Nice, a plot worth about $6 million, which businessman and philanthropist Vadim Moshkovich bought in 1998, has been frozen.

Representatives of Timchenko and Rotenberg declined to comment, RBC sent a request to a representative of Rashnikov.