DISINFO: French media report that Zelensky bought a luxury hotel in Courchevel for 88 million euros
SUMMARY
One of the best hotels in Courchevel, the 5-star hotel "Palace des Neiges", was recently sold by the SBM group to Film Heritage Inc. - an offshore company owned by the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and his wife Elena Zelensky. The first data on the offshore financial affairs of the President of Ukraine appeared in October 2021.
French media report that the transaction amounted to 88 million euros. The hotel acquired by Zelensky has 70 rooms, a spa, swimming pool and restaurant. The resort is a favourite resting place of many celebrities - Leonardo DiCaprio, David Beckham, Prince William, etc.
Now the hotel is undergoing renovation, the opening is planned for the 2026-2027 season.
RESPONSE
Recurrent fake report about the mythical corruption and Nazi opinions of the Ukrainian president.
The video is not made by French media but by unnamed individuals presenting forged documents with a Russian accent while speaking French. The forged documents include a false presentation of the hotel and a fake website that adds “hotel” before the real domain name. The fake domain was registered on November 22, 2024, about a week before the news broke out. For more details, read the debunk of Osint Random.
Additionally, the figure 88 in the title, alongside the name and face of the Ukrainian president, is an attempt to link him to narratives about the alleged Nazi nature of the power in Kyiv. The number 88 is used by supremacists as a “Heil Hitler” salutation.
The Russian accent of the “journalists” reminds of the story allegedly told by Jules Vincent that Zelenskyy sold Ukrainian fertile land to Soros to bury chemical waste. The Twitter account of this self-proclaimed journalist, VincentVinxent1, was active only for a few days at the end of November 2023 and has been unused since then.
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