‘Your apartments have been sold’ - the message many Crimeans are getting
‘Your apartments have been sold’ - the message many Crimeans are getting
In occupied Crimea, corrupt notaries are helping transfer ownership of Ukrainians’ apartments to Russian military personnel. It’s just one of several schemes the Kremlin-installed authorities are using to strip Ukrainians of their property — especially those who refused to take Russian citizenship. ...
Olena Kolisnichenko and her mother, Svitlana, found out someone was living in their apartment in occupied Crimea after they received a utility bill with someone else’s name on it: Server Kurseitovich Seitumer.
“There are already seven apartments like this in my building,” said Olena. “So it’s clearly already a widespread phenomenon. Reportedly, criminal cases are finally being opened in Feodosia. At first, they didn’t want to do this because this is an occupying government, and we’re Ukrainian citizens.”