While opposition Russians can deprive of property for military fakesMurmansk officials hold real estate in a NATO country.
Malselv Fjelllandsby is the largest ski resort in northern Norway. They come there go skiing, dog sledding and admire the northern lights. For the convenience of guests, a cottage village has been set up right on the territory of the resort.
In the 2010s three plots in Malselva were bought by the richest deputy of the Murmansk region, Viktor Saigin, “Billboard King” and the mayor of Murmansk Igor Morar and the head of the exhibition center “Nuclear icebreaker “Lenin”” Alexander Timofeev.
Saigin, for example, replaces the chairman of the Murmansk Regional Duma committee on military matters. In addition, the deputy heads Murmansk branch of the Russian Peace Foundation — he is engaged in spreading the Kremlin’s “soft power” abroad. And he was also entrusted patriotic education of children – at its center “In the North – to live!” pupils They teach tactical medicine and weapons handling.
And although after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, access to Norway has become more difficult for Russians, officials can still rent out houses on these sites – you can earn money in one weekend more than 2.5 average salaries of Murmansk residents.
Opens from the plots view of the country’s largest northern military air base — NATO military personnel train there, among other things. Experts worry that because of this officials’ cottages can be used for espionage. All details and photos are in the text.
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“Billboard King”, the richest deputy and the nuclear icebreaker “Lenin”
The Murmansk elite bought up plots in a Norwegian ski resort – directly overlooking a military base
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