Russia to sell property including towns to raise military funds

Datto · 03-12-2008, 04:58 PM

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Property sell-off by Russian army

The Russian army is set to raise money by auctioning off some of the property it owns, according to reports in the Russian press.
Newspapers in Moscow say the auction will include mansions, unoccupied land, and even whole towns.

The purpose of the sell-off is to raise money to build much-needed modern housing for army officers.

No fewer than 122,400 military families are said to be waiting for self-contained accommodation.

Some have been on waiting lists for years.

Under the hammer

The daily paper Izvestia says more than 20 properties near Moscow, St Petersburg, Kalininigrad and Vladivostock will be up for grabs in the first auction, on 8 April.

Going under the hammer will be "fabulous mansions and guest houses, dilapidated garrison towns, unused shooting ranges and vast tracts of neglected land, on which no human has set foot for years".

The property owned by the army is extensive, and its total value has been estimated at 300 billion roubles (£6bn).

But there is less need for garrison towns, now that army numbers have dropped from four million men to 1.1 million in recent years.

Military spending, though, is on the increase, with this year's total expenditure of £35bn set to rise by a quarter in the next two years.

President-elect Dmitry Medvedev has identified the improvement of housing as one of his four "national projects".

One army officer, who refused to give his name, responded to the auction plan by saying: "I didn't know the army had anything left to sell. I thought it had all been stolen long ago."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7291540.stm

**Harpoon** · 03-12-2008, 05:56 PM

We ought to buy all of it and set up military bases on it...

fricnjay · 03-12-2008, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Harpoon

We ought to buy all of it and set up military bases on it...

Nuclear missile silo's

Prof Maxwell · 03-12-2008, 08:29 PM

Michael Jackson should buy some of the property, and build a new Neverland ranch.

**PorkChopSandwiches** · 03-12-2008, 08:40 PM

Let's build a brothel

**Harpoon** · 03-12-2008, 08:43 PM

Yeah all that fine untouched Russian cooter...

**PorkChopSandwiches** · 03-12-2008, 08:46 PM

They sell 'em to us anyway

http://www.russianbrides.com/

**Harpoon** · 03-12-2008, 08:47 PM

I actually know someone that got one..

Prof Maxwell · 03-12-2008, 08:51 PM

do any of them have a lease with an option to buy deal?

**Harpoon** · 03-12-2008, 08:53 PM

i think its called a fiancee' visa...

**godfather** · 03-12-2008, 09:03 PM

Unused land on which nobody has set foot in years? Is that because some chemical or biological weapon was tested there, perhaps the military will forget to mention?

03-12-2008, 05:56 PM	#2
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PorkChopSandwiches Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Online Posts: 52,003 Thanks: 6 Thanked 440 Times in 180 Posts	Let's build a brothel __________________ A Teabelly Original

03-12-2008, 08:43 PM	#6
Harpoon Sailing the seas of Cheese Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Down by the river Posts: 36,484 Thanks: 46 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Yeah all that fine untouched Russian cooter... __________________ .

03-12-2008, 08:46 PM	#7
PorkChopSandwiches Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Online Posts: 52,003 Thanks: 6 Thanked 440 Times in 180 Posts	They sell 'em to us anyway http://www.russianbrides.com/ __________________ A Teabelly Original

03-12-2008, 08:47 PM	#8
Harpoon Sailing the seas of Cheese Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Down by the river Posts: 36,484 Thanks: 46 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	I actually know someone that got one.. __________________ .

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Prof Maxwell Banned Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: USA Posts: 6,350 Thanks: 0 Thanked 153 Times in 64 Posts	Michael Jackson should buy some of the property, and build a new Neverland ranch.

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Prof Maxwell Banned Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: USA Posts: 6,350 Thanks: 0 Thanked 153 Times in 64 Posts	do any of them have a lease with an option to buy deal?

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Harpoon Sailing the seas of Cheese Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Down by the river Posts: 36,484 Thanks: 46 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	i think its called a fiancee' visa... __________________ .

03-12-2008, 09:03 PM	#11
godfather Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Il Caminetto di Umberto Posts: 15,255 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Unused land on which nobody has set foot in years? Is that because some chemical or biological weapon was tested there, perhaps the military will forget to mention? __________________ Godfather(gäd-"fä-[th]&r)-Loves Viggy aaand Hal for the sig aaand Pinky aaand Velv aaand DC and aaall the girlies I-am-Canadian They're raising the drinking age in Alberta to 32. It seems they want to keep the booze out of high schools

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