Posted on Aug 6, 2023
The Russians hunting for cheap flats in occupied Mariupol
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It is one year since the Ukrainian city of Mariupol was largely destroyed by Russian forces and captured.
It is now being transformed and presented as a showcase for rule from Moscow - and some Russians are even hoping to buy homes there.
Russia claimed to have annexed Mariupol, along with all other occupied areas, following a series of referendums that have been widely condemned as sham exercises.
About 90% of the city's buildings were damaged or destroyed by Russian shelling during a gruelling two-month siege. Thousands of civilians were killed and about 350,000 people left, out of the pre-war population of 430,000, according to the UN.
It is now being transformed and presented as a showcase for rule from Moscow - and some Russians are even hoping to buy homes there.
Russia claimed to have annexed Mariupol, along with all other occupied areas, following a series of referendums that have been widely condemned as sham exercises.
About 90% of the city's buildings were damaged or destroyed by Russian shelling during a gruelling two-month siege. Thousands of civilians were killed and about 350,000 people left, out of the pre-war population of 430,000, according to the UN.
The Russians hunting for cheap flats in occupied Mariupol
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