Zelensky’s house is under the hammer

On October 30, Russia will auction the apartment of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife, Olena Zelenska, in Yalta, on the annexed Crimean peninsula, with a starting price of more than 200,000 euros.

According to the official TASS agency, the apartment, which was seized by the government imposed by Russia in Crimea last May, and annexed by the Kremlin in 2014, will be sold at auction in its original condition, as the presidential couple never lived there. Only the walls were whitewashed.

The property is in the wife’s name

Zelensky’s family apartment has an area of ​​119.5 square metres, and is located in the Imperator residential area of ​​Livadia, which is located on the outskirts of the popular seaside resort of Yalta, one of the country’s main tourist destinations. Peninsula.

The property, registered in the name of Olena Zelenska, has been put up for auction with a starting price of 24.6 million rubles (€242,875 or $257,562 at the current exchange rate), according to TASS.

Zelensky’s apartment has several rooms: a living room with a panoramic view from the balcony, a bedroom with bathroom and a kitchen with dining room. There is no furniture or equipment yet, according to the same source.

The Yalta Conference was held there

The apartment is located on the fifth floor and its balcony overlooks the Black Sea and the Livadia Palace with the adjacent park. The palace was the residence of Russia’s last tsar, Nicholas II, who was executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918, according to Efe news agency.

This Imperial Palace hosted the Yalta Conference in February 1945 which brought together Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt.

According to TASS, orders will be accepted until October 26, and auction participants will be required to deposit 50% of the initial price.