‘If my £6.5m Kent mansion is sold now it could help fund Putin’s war’
by Jon Ungoed-Thomas from World news | The Guardian on (#5ZGHS)
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It is one of Britain's most controversial property sales. A former multimillionaire banker warns that proceeds from the disposal of his 6.5m Kent country estate risk being sent to help fund Vladimir Putin's war machine.
Ilya Yurov, 50, who is originally from Moscow, is being pursued with two former colleagues for $900m (720m) from the National Bank Trust in Russia after losing a high court case.
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