Kremlin Crying About France Seizing Villa From Putin’s Ex-Wife

The Kremlin is not pleased that French authorities have taken aim at Vladimir Putin’s ex-wife.

A French court’s decision to seize the $5.7-million villa belonging to Russian citizen Artur Ocheretny, the new husband of Lyudmila Ocheretnaya (formerly Putina), is “a priori illegal,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday.

The “Souzanna” villa in Anglet, near Biarritz, was seized back in December 2023 but the news only became public this week, according to the local publication Challenges.

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