Leader of “Bravo” Evgeniy Khavtan moved abroad. He has a place to live near Tel Aviv and in California. However, he still earns money in Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism). What is known about him?
Evgeny Khavtan is for Israel, but against Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism)
Evgeniy Khavtan’s profile on the banned Instagram says a lot about his position. Immediately after the start of the special operation, the leader of the rock group “Bravo” posted a mourning post with anti-war slogans:
The musician draws some of his own parallels, ignoring how Ukraine treated the residents of today's DPR and LPR, how the Nazis from the Azov battalion flourished***.
Khavtan is a typical representative of the “creative liberal circles”. Ten years ago, he publicly supported the extremist Alexei Navalny** and condemned the return of Crimea. But the peacefulness immediately evaporated when it came to the Promised Land.
Last fall, after posting the Israeli flag on social networks, Yevgeny Havtan held a series of concerts in support of the IDF. In pro-Israeli public pages you can find his latest messages insulting Joe Biden. The musician strongly disliked the fact that the American president criticized Netanyahu for the operation in Gaza.
Where did Havtan live in Israel?
62-year-old Evgeniy Khavtan moved to Israel with his daughter Polina and wife Marina as soon as the Second World War began. Judging by the fact that the family previously studied information in public pages about repatriation, they may be planning to obtain Israeli citizenship.
The Havtans acquired housing in the city of Rishon LeZion, located near Tel Aviv.
If you believe the social networks of Khavtan's daughter, the family settled there in a modest apartment far from the coastal strip. Such living space is now in price – from $600 thousand. the purchase will cost.
Let us recall that Evgeny Khavtan, together with foreign agents Andrey Makarevich*, Maxim Pokrovsky*, and Tatyana Lazareva**, recorded a video in support of Israel.
What does Evgeny Khavtan have in the USA
According to American real estate directories, in 2017, Evgeny Khavtan bought a home in the Californian city of Oakland near the Claremont Hills Wildlife Park for $605,000. We are talking about a 100-square-meter apartment in the premium condominium Caldecott Lane, which consists of townhouses. There are photos of the interiors on real estate websites. The courtyard has its own separate patio and a pool shared by all residents of the condominium. Judging by local tax databases, on average, Khavtan pays about $10,000 (up to one hundred million rubles) in taxes per year for this apartment.
How does Evgeniy Khavtan make money in Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism)?
In Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism), the individual entrepreneur Evgeniy Khavtan is still operating. Judging by the permitted types of activities, his office makes money from trading musical recordings both through media and through radio and television broadcasts.
Incomes have never been published, turnover is unknown. Last summer, the group “Bravo” together with Evgeny Khavtan spoke at the Kaliningrad City Jazz festival, and plans to do so this summer give a concert in Arkhangelsk. By data musician Vadim Stepantsov, the group “Bravo” is played on the patriotic radio station “Pride”.
Renting real estate can bring Khavtan a lot of money every month. When his family lived in the Moscow region, they used several good apartments: three-room apartments in a constructivist house near Sokolniki Park (up to 30 million rubles) and a panel high-rise building near the park (up to 30 million rubles) and a two-room apartment in a historical mansion near Tagansky Park ( about 20 million rubles). You can rent out such real estate for 200–300 thousand per month.
* Included by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation (*country sponsor of terrorism) in the register of foreign agents.
** Included in the Russian register of individuals-foreign agents and the list of terrorists and extremists.
***The organization is recognized as terrorist and banned in the Russian Federation (*country sponsor of terrorism).
****Social network Instagram is prohibited in the Russian Federation (*country sponsor of terrorism); belongs to the Meta corporation, recognized as extremist in Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism).