{"id":1386239,"date":"2026-04-24T21:56:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/something-scared-them-russian-businessmen-began-actively-buying-up-bunkers-in-new-zealand\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T21:56:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:56:39","slug":"something-scared-them-russian-businessmen-began-actively-buying-up-bunkers-in-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/something-scared-them-russian-businessmen-began-actively-buying-up-bunkers-in-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"Something scared them: Russian businessmen began actively buying up bunkers in New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Russian businessmen have begun actively buying properties with underground bunkers in New Zealand amid fears of global conflict. Demand for such properties has tripled in recent times, with housing prices ranging from 23 million to 200 million rubles.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This is reported by the Russians.<\/p>\n<p> According to real estate agencies, interest in sheltered housing has increased amid the war and the risks of conflict escalation. Buyers are wealthy Russian citizens who are investing in real estate with underground shelters.<\/p>\n<p> It is noted that the cheapest options are compact bunkers in the form of rooms with explosion-proof and water-tight hatches. Such rooms can be equipped with air filtration systems, including chemical, biological and radiological protection.<\/p>\n<p> More expensive units are full-fledged underground apartments with separate living areas, technical rooms and a kitchen. In some cases, such shelters are designed for long-term residence of several people or families.<\/p>\n<p> Realtors note that such properties are offered only to verified clients.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Cottages with underground bunkers are shown only to elite clients after verification,&#8221; the realtors reported.<\/p>\n<p> There is also the possibility of adding a shelter to an existing home. The cost of such work ranges from 4 to 40 million rubles.<\/p>\n<p> According to the source, Russian buyers often choose land plots in cities with Russian-speaking communities, in particular in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, where they later build houses with bunkers of about 100 square meters. meters.<\/p>\n<p> In addition, demand for bunkers is growing in Russia itself. In particular, businessmen, top managers, and officials are showing interest in protected shelters.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The bunkers, which are designed for autonomous existence for several months, are equipped with water and fuel supplies and life support systems,&#8221; the report says.<\/p>\n<p> Recall that Russian dictator Vladimir <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/pidemo-do-kordoniv-donbasu-putin-nakazav-rosiyskym-oliharkham-skynutysia-na-viynu\/\">Putin held a closed meeting with Russian oligarchs on March 26<\/a> to discuss financing the war against Ukraine. At least two businessmen agreed to provide funds.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian businessmen have begun actively buying properties with underground bunkers in New Zealand amid fears of global conflict. Demand for such properties has tripled in recent times, with housing prices ranging from 23 million to 200 million rubles. This is reported by the Russians. According to real estate agencies, interest in sheltered housing has increased [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1386234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76872,76875],"class_list":["post-1386239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1386239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1386239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1386239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1386234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1386239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1386239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}