Mansion occupied on Belgrave Square, owned by a russian oligarch

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Russian Elite’s – You Occupy Ukraine, We Occupy You

We Are Anarchists. We Occupy this property in protest against Putin and his world. This mansion is owned by a Russian Oligarch (Oleg Deripaska), Complicit in Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Do we need to remind you why Putin Sucks?

The invasion of Ukraine is only the latest episode in a long series, from the support of Assad in Syria to the neo-nazi Wanger militia assistanting dictatorship, concentration camps for LGBT+ people, ecosides, brutal wealth inequality, far right troll farms and so on.

By Occupying this mansion, We want to show solidarity for the people on Ukraine but also for the people of Russia who never agreed to this madness.

We want to show our sympathy to the brave protesters who have been in the belly of the beast, and suffer unjust imprisonment for staying up to Putin.

Finally a few words for the elites here in the UK, who have been Putins Minions for years. You received bribes, you managed Oligarch’s property, you even adopted Putin’s authoritarian attitude to protest and decent. FUCK YOU TOO.

This mansion will serve as a refugee support, for people of Ukraine and people of all nations and ethnicity.

SQUAT OLIGARCH’S PROPERTIES EVERYWHERE


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Makhno was not a nationalist, Ukrainian or otherwise. Shit on the Ukrainian flag.

What does that have to do with this post?

This is an excellent action -- marred by some dumbbell hanging the flag of Ukrainian capital from a window.

ALL oligarchs deserve to have their mansions squatted, their yachts seized or sunk, their bank accounts plundered etc. Right now of course the focus is on Putin's regime as it was on Bush's regime during Iraq or the Johnson and Nixon regimes during Vietnam. Those Russian oligarchs who have not broken ties to Putin are directly responsible for the war. When there are more oligarchs worth targetting then there are fighting units available to service these targets it makes sense to start with the worst offenders, many of whom are Putin's bosses. This is thus an excellent action.

Indeed, more of them are here in the US and around the world, I will cite DC Mayor Bowser's developer campaign cash pimps as examples. Doing their bidding she has sent bulldozers ("Bowser's Panzers") to demolish unhoused camps and destroy people's belongings. Sound like something Putin does?

05:27 -

Excellent points. And D.C. Mayor Bowser is a real piece of shit.

That's one of the best ways to both protest the war while giving the Euro squatter movement a better edge, when it lost some of its feathers in some areas.

“Get in early to avoid the rush - aka don’t Let houses rot, squat the lot !”

Previously: “Support Our Veterans”

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/27/squatters-open-oligarchs...

Note This article is more than 5 years old
Squatters turn oligarch's empty London property into homeless shelter

Vast £15m home bought by Russian Andrey Goncharenko, who wants to add a pool and leisure centre, is housing about 25 people

Diane Taylor
Sat 28 Jan 2017 06.51 AEDT

A veteran group of squatters has occupied an empty £15m central London property purchased by a Russian oligarch in 2014 and opened it as a homeless shelter.

The extensive, five-storey Grade ll-listed Eaton Square property was bought by Andrey Goncharenko, a little-known oligarch who has bought a number of luxury properties in London in recent years.

The squatters – Autonomous Nation of Anarchist Libertarians, known as ANAL – said they entered the building through an open window on 23 January and have accommodated about 25 homeless people so far, many of whom had been sleeping rough around Victoria station.

Image: Members of ANAL in front of a fireplace at the mansion.
Photograph: Frantzesco Kangaris/The Guardian

Tom Fox, 23, one of the squatters, said: “It is criminal that there are so many homeless people and at the same time so many empty buildings. Our occupation is highlighting this injustice.”

New rough sleeper figures published this week have revealed an increase of 16%from last year, to more than 4,000.

More than 200,000 homes have been empty for more than six months, according to new government figures.

Fox said ANAL members had set up a projector so they could hold movie nights, are collecting portable cookers to provide food for homeless people and are planning to host talks about homelessness and other issues. They have also established a free shop offering clothing.

“We have squatted many other high-profile buildings in central London in the past,” said Fox. “Admiralty Arch, Mayfair and Pall Mall. There are so many empty buildings like this one in central London.”

The building dates back to the 1820s and has numerous listed features including many ornate, hand-carved fireplaces. Planning permission has been granted for a swimming pool in the basement and an extension.

One homeless mother and daughter who had been sleeping around Victoria station said they were delighted to have been offered shelter in the oligarch’s home. “Westminster council wants to send homeless people like us out of London and there isn’t much provision around for homeless women,” she said.

Goncharenko’s representatives, MCA Shipping Ltd, based in Gibraltar, have sought a possession order in the central London county court and a hearing is scheduled for 31 January.

The 1,329 square metre property, which has polished parquet floors, tasteful uplighting and a grand, spiral staircase, is in the heart of Belgravia and a stone’s throw from Buckingham Palace.

A banner above the front door reads ‘USA ANTI-GOVERNMENT IN EXILE’, and a black flag displays the words ‘Antifaschistische Aktion’, a European anti-fascist network.

According to court documents, the freehold is owned by the Grosvenor estate. The property was built in around 1825 by the Grosvenor family and was until recently the home of the Spanish cultural centre Instituto Cervantes, which has moved to The Strand.

Planning permission submitted last June also proposed staff bedroom suites, a laundry, service kitchen, gym and a leisure suite in the basement. It also requested a change of use to a single family home.

That's a bit harsh dude, I was thinkin' maybe set up a big free food smorgasbord in the huge entrance foyer, and them all them little alcoves and storage rooms could be set up as single persons quarters, an then the round table room an all them other offices an stuff can be family livin' areas dude, and them gardens can have like huge vegie gardens and folk like hobos can like sleep under the stars, like lumpy likes doin' dude.

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