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Eviction battle at sanctioned billionaire's London mansion as squatters launch solidarity occupation
Police stand guard as the squatters occupy the balcony on billionaire Oleg Deripaska's decadent London pad

POLICE raced to evict squatters from Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska’s London mansion today after they occupied the building in solidarity with Ukrainians. 

Four protesters broke into 5 Belgrave Square in the mega-rich Belgravia area in the early hours, declaring in a statement: “Russian oligarchs: You occupy Ukraine, we occupy you.” 

Speaking to journalists from the balcony of the four-storey mansion, which boasts a private cinema and Turkish steam bath, one of the occupiers said that they wanted to open the house to Ukrainian refugees. 

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