Mayor of Palanga: “Auska” used handmade rugs, lamps sold in euros and less



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“Everything sold is for residual value. I want to mention that things like handmade rugs, one litas each, 47 chandeliers, a few pennies each, and many other items, including a statue outside. It hasn’t disappeared, it’s standing, but in the bills we see that the former tenant has acquired it, ”said Palanga Mayor Šarūnas Vaitkus during the meeting of the Seimas Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday.

According to him, among the properties sold are paintings.

There is also talk of the painting “Three Virgins” in the sauna, which is known throughout Lithuania. It was also sold for residual value, ”Š said. Be quiet.

According to him, currently not all items sold are removed from the villa, but part of the property is missing.

In 2011, by decision of the Government, the villa near the Baltic Sea was leased to Ambra Investicijos for ten years.

Akvilė Kilijonienė, the director of the Palanga municipality administration, said during a Seimas commission session on Wednesday that during the Auska inspection late last year, the tenant stated that under the contract he had removed some movable property and the the rest of the furniture also belonged to him.

Ambra Investicijos purchased these items at the Baltija vacation home in 2014.

According to A. Kilijonienė, in 2011 the book value of movable property was 441 thousand. LTL (about 127 thousand euros). According to the invoices, Ambra Investicijos bought items for 40 thousand. LTL (around 11 thousand euros).

Representatives of the municipality of Palanga, before taking over the property, stated that there is no brass grill, stained glass, furniture (cupboards, cupboards, shelves, tables, chairs, upholstered furniture), kitchen equipment (kitchen robot, oven, scales, dispensers), equipment (irons, kettles, televisions, floor lamps, air conditioners, lamps, etc.)

In addition, it has been recorded that the winter garden inside has been removed, the room by the pool has been demolished and tidy, the smell of mold can be felt inside, etc.

“Most of the leased personal property was not found,” said the director of the municipal administration.

The members of the Seimas are shown photos of the kitchen, which is completely empty, without any equipment, furniture.

“In some places even the plugs have been removed, we do not see the televisions that were for rent, in some places there are not even toilets,” said the municipal representative.

“In 2011, the hotel had the status of a five-star hotel,” said the mayor.

Andrius Chudenkov, Ambra Investicija’s lawyer, was surprised by this meeting. Declaration of Vaitkus. According to him, the government leased Auska ten years ago because the old village of the Soviet nomenclature was already morally out of date and was not competitive on the market.

“That it was a magical five-star hotel, capable of competing with other hotels in Palanga, is completely false. (…) There were 12 morally worn rooms, ”said the lawyer.

According to him, the tenant was forced to remodel said premises, 30 premises were created for the guests to live.

“Today, it is adapted to the operation of the hotel,” emphasized A. Chudenkov.

According to him, the personal property sold was also obsolete and worn. According to the lawyer, part of the property was removed and can be used because it was not fit for use.

“Soviet teapots were sold, which should better be called chinchillas,” Chudenkov said.

The Municipality of the City of Palanga requested the Attorney General’s Office for the missing property. A pre-trial investigation has been launched into the misappropriation and damage to high-value property.

Last November, the government decided to move Villa Auska to the municipality of Palanga.

According to the real estate bank, the complex consists of 4.5 thousand. kv. A few meters from the main building and other structures: tennis courts, guardhouse, several gazebos. The complex has almost 22 hectares of land.

Presidents Algirdas Brazauskas, Valdas Adamkus and Rolandas Paksas visited Auska.

Built in 1973, the villa was called Villa Brezhnev during the Soviet era because it was to be the recreational residence of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. The villa is also famous for being the first in the country and the only Lithuanian shaped pool with heated sea water.

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