Location, location, location…Luxury apartments on sale now for 25 cents on the dollar…in Donetsk

Location, location, location…Luxury apartments on sale now for 25 cents on the dollar…in Donetsk. Spektr, a Russian language news site, offers a rare look at “How private business in the DPR and LPR works.” Cash and ‘krisha’ –political protection – are hallmarks. Growth opportunities: 7-seater vans to take retirees across the line of control to get their Ukrainian pensions — and apartment sitting. “Leaving a luxury property without oversight can be dangerous,” the article writes. “This has resulted in the creation of a new job – Donetsk residents have been setting themselves up as supervisors of posh apartments. They live in them and receive salaries equal to doctors or teachers.”