Collapse of the Swiss Empire «Antiquarian»: Ilya Traber, arrested for murder, gets rid of the Château de Sully residence for 128 million euros

The media reported that the large castle of Ilya Traber (known as the Antiquary) Château de Sully, located in Switzerland, is up for sale.

In the past, he acquired it from popular Canadian country artist Shania Twain.

The palace is put up for sale for 128 million euros (more than 10 billion rubles). The description states that this is a historical residence of the 19th century with a swimming pool, gardens, wine cellar and stables, the rooms of the mansion are decorated with stucco and «have stunning views of Lake Geneva». The castle is called Château de Sully, it is located in the town of LaTour-de-Peilz in the Swiss canton of Vaud.

Ilya Traber acquired a castle in the town of La Tour-de-Peilz in 2006; he bought this palace from the famous Canadian country singer Shania Twain. Then local media reported that Twain sold the property «to a Russian couple». However, as the media found out, the buyer was Ilya Traber and his then wife Nina Menshikova.

The mansion was designed and built at the end of the 19th century and is located 300 meters from Lake Geneva. The building has a swimming pool and a specially equipped basement, in which the reputable businessman kept his collection of paintings. Judging by the advertisement for the sale of the castle, it now has 17 rooms (including 5 bedrooms), a sauna and hammam, a fitness room, a terrace, and gardens with fountains. In general, according to the register, the territory of the plots is 4.5 hectares, most of them are occupied by gardens.

Throughout his years of real estate ownership, Traber enjoyed a preferential tax agreement in Switzerland. In 2015, he transferred the palace to his then wife Nina Menshikova, but until his arrest he lived in it himself. It was at this castle that Traber spent his «honeymoon» with Latvian socialite Alika Dubovskaya, after they signed at the end of 2024 (47 years difference).

Let us remind you that Ilya Traber (Anikvar) was arrested on charges of murdering authoritative deputy Alexander Petrov