Zelensky holiday home on Crimea auctioned off by Russian occupiers

The Crimean home owned by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's family has been auctioned off by the occupying Russian authorities, the Russian state news agency TASS reported on Monday. The 120-square metre apartment in the luxury resort of Yalta on the south of the peninsula went for 44.3 million roubles ($480,000), almost twice the starting bid. There were only two bidders. The official previous owner was Zelensky's wife Olena, who bought it in 2013, a year before Russia seized the peninsula. At the time, Zelensky was still working as an actor. The apartment has three rooms with a view o...