France froze 41 properties due to sanctions against the Russian Federation and estimated them at $620 million, but in fact the value of the property is approaching a billion dollars.

It is reported by Forbes.

We are talking about property belonging to sanctioned Russian citizens, which has been frozen since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.. Of the total list of 41 objects, 31 in the list belong to eight oligarchs.

If France values \u200b\u200ball frozen assets at $620 million, Forbes has calculated that only 31 oligarchs' assets are valued at more than $920 million based on reports for the World's Billionaires list and purchase price history.. In particular, the estates of the following oligarchs were blocked:.

Roman Abramovich: Frozen real estate is estimated at 340 million. dollars. He owns the Chateau de la Croe estate of 32 thousand square meters.. feet on the French Riviera, has 12 rooms and a swan-shaped bathroom, formerly owned by British King Edward VIII.

In the Caribbean territory of Saint Barthelemy (France), the oligarch has a 70-acre Gouverneur estate with a bungalow and several tennis courts and swimming pools.. The Le Lurin estate was also frozen by the French authorities.

Victor Rashnikov: frozen property is estimated at 200 million. dollars. Through her daughter, Olga owns the 16-room Villa Nellcote estate on the Riviera. Three properties on the territory of Villa Nellcote froze the French authorities. Forbes also found Rashnikov's apartments in the center of Paris, which have already been frozen.. They are located on the same street as the Champs Elysees, now occupied by French President Emmanuel Macron..

Built in the 1890s, the villa has a swimming pool and crystal chandeliers and has been home to notable figures: the Gestapo settled here during the Nazi occupation of France in the 1940s, and it was rented by Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones in 1971.

Alexander Ponomarenko: frozen real estate is estimated at 176 million. dollars. Has two villas on the Riviera for 170 thousand. sq..

Andrey Melnichenko: frozen real estate is estimated at 80 million. dollars. Owns Villa Altair in Antibes, France, which has a home theatre, wine cellar, sauna and swimming pool. Three more properties related to the Altair villa are frozen by the French.

Arkady Rotenberg: frozen property is estimated at 62 million. dollars. Owns the Villa Shoshana estate of 97 thousand square meters. feet on the Riviera. In 2014, he bought it for $47 million..

Alexey Kuzmichev: frozen property is estimated at 57 million. dollars. Kuzmichev owns the villa La Petite Ourse on the coast of Saint-Tropez on the Riviera. The house has the same name as his already confiscated yachts 79-foot La Petite Ourse and 54-foot La Petite Ourse II.

Vadim Moshkovich: frozen property is estimated at 6 million. dollars. Owns a nearly 10-acre villa on the Riviera in Nice that he bought for $3.6 million. in 1998.

Gennady Timchenko: the exact cost estimate is unknown. Because of his wife Elena, there are two properties on the Riviera. Timchenko's daughter Ksenia Frank-Timchenko has two other properties nearby, both frozen.

These houses are on the same street as Le Club de Cavaliere, a 5-star hotel and spa with a private beach, owned by Elena through French firm Sogeco.. She also recorded Le Grand Coeur, a 4-star hotel and spa in the Alpine ski town of Meribel. Both hotels are on the list of frozen properties.