Vladimir Soloviev: Pro-Putin TV host furious as war causes him to lose access to Lake Como VILLAS
Vladimir Soloviev, a known pro-Vladimir Putin propagandist, publicly fumed how EU sanctions spurred by Russia's invasion of Ukraine has cost him access to his multimillion-dollar luxury villas in Italy on Friday, February 25. Soloviev regularly attacks the West and Europe on his show 'The Evening With Vladimir Soloviev'.
The tone-deaf Russian TV host seemed to be fuming about how the conflict has cost him access to his Lake Como villas, just down the street from George Clooney's, while the death toll continues to mount in Ukraine due to Russia's invasion. The Russian TV host on his show raged, "I was told that Europe is a citadel of rights, that everything is permitted, that's what they said".
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Soloviev, 58, told the show panelists, "I know from personal experience about the so-called 'sacred property rights'". He continued, "With every transaction, I was bringing paperwork demonstrating my official salary, income, I did it all." "I bought it, paid crazy amount of taxes, I did everything," he griped. "And suddenly someone makes a decision that this journalist is now on the list of sanctions. And right away it affects your real estate. Wait a minute. But you told us that Europe has sacred property rights!"
Taken aback by the restrictions, which officials said may evolve into the TV host losing the properties altogether if the conflict worsens, Soloviev fumed: "All of a sudden, now they say: 'Are you Russian? Then we will close your bank account, if it’s in Europe.'" He went on: "And if it’s in England, you’re allowed to keep no more than a certain amount there. Why? Because you’re Russian." Renowned Russian economist Mikhail Khazin, interjected: "And that’s if you have an old account. They won’t open a new one."
Soloviev then offered the panel a comparison between the consequences leveled against Kremlin propogandists by countries against Russia's occupation of the Ukraine. The host who appeared visibly emotional asked, "Is this the Iron Curtain?" To which Germany-based pundit Alexander Sosnovsky replied: "Yes, absolutely", before talking about the backlash Kremlin supporters are facing following Russia's military invasion of Ukraine. "The Iron Curtain in its worst manifestation," the commentator said. "Painted in LGBT colors."
Soloviev and the other panelists proceeded to nod in agreement, without mentioning the effects the ongoing military occupation has had on Ukrainian citizens.
In 2019, Soloviev and other Kremlin propagandists came under scrutiny after a report by Russian anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny revealed that the longtime NTV host had not one, but two multimillion-dollar properties just down the road from Clooney's $100m estate on the historic Italian lake. Later that year, Navalny was poisoned by nerve agent, which he blamed on the Kremlin and he subsequently spent five months recovering in Germany. Navalny was arrested upon his return to Russia and ordered to serve 2 1/2 years in prison, for violating the terms of a suspended sentence stemming from a 2014 fraud conviction.