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Fire breaks out at Italian lake villa owned by member of Putin’s inner circle
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A fireplace that broke out Wednesday at a villa close to Lake Como, Italy, which is owned by sanctioned Russian state TV host and Putin propagandist Vladimir Solovyev, is reportedly being investigated as an act of protest.
The blaze on the property in Menaggio, which has since been extinguished, left “restricted” harm, native hearth authorities informed Reuters. Solovyev, who works for the Russian state-run Channel One community, owns two properties round Lake Como value a mixed $8.7 million, the information company added.
The villa was beneath renovation on the time of the fireplace, which concerned tires on the website, one other hearth official informed The Related Press.
Italian police work exterior of the villa owned by Russian TV presenter Vladimir Solovyev, after unidentified folks tried to set hearth to it, in Menaggio, on Lake Como, Italy, on Wednesday.
(Reuters/Flavio Lo Scalzo)
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He stated police had been investigating the fireplace as a suspected act of protest.
Within the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, each of Solovyev’s Lake Como properties had been seized by Italian police when he was positioned on a European Union sanctions listing, Reuters studies.
The EU says Solovyev was focused due to his help for “actions or insurance policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.”
A firefighter walks by the villa owned by Russian TV presenter Vladimir Solovyev, after unidentified folks tried to set hearth to it, in Menaggio, on Lake Como, Italy, on Wednesday.
(Vigili del Fuoco/Handout through Reuters)
Final week, Solovyev criticized negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey.
“Good talks in Turkey!” Solovyev stated on his Wednesday present, apparently railing in opposition to Russia’s negotiator who had come out of the conferences with constructive statements about prospects for a deal, for compromise, with Ukraine.
A normal view of the villa owned by Russian TV presenter Vladimir Solovyev.
(Reuters/Flavio Lo Scalzo)
“My good friend failed to think about that any negotiation with the Nazis, so long as your boot isn’t on their throat, is perceived as weak spot. And you will need to not shake the hand of this scum,” he added. “And you will need to not trade totally different formulation with them, ask ‘How you might be doing?’, have small-talk. In precept, you do not have to fulfill them or discuss to them.”
Fox Information’ Amy Kellogg and The Related Press contributed to this report.