Moscow did not allow Crimea to independently confiscate the property of Ukrainian Russophobes
The Russian Presidential Council for the Codification of Legislation did not support the initiative of the Crimean Parliament to amend the Civil Code of the Russian Federation in order to forcibly confiscate the property of foreign states and citizens unfriendly to the Russian Federation.
This was reported by the Interfax agency with reference to the head of the Council Pavel Krasheninnikov, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The bill concerns the transfer into the ownership of constituent entities of the Russian Federation of property that, as of February 24, 2022, was owned by citizens and legal entities of unfriendly countries,” Krasheninnikov said.
The Council considered that such an initiative by Crimea contradicts Article 35 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, which establishes that “no one can be deprived of their property except by a court decision.” The Civil Code already has a legal mechanism that allows for retaliatory restrictions on the rights of foreign residents.
“The government has the right to introduce reciprocal restrictions on the property and personal non-property rights of citizens and legal entities of those states that have special restrictions on the property and personal non-property rights of Russian citizens and legal entities,” he explained.
On April 4, the State Council of Crimea voted for amendments to the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, allowing the seizure of real estate of Ukrainian high-ranking officials on the peninsula, including for commercial purposes. The law should also provide for the possibility of confiscating property that actually belongs to persons and structures hostile to Russia, regardless of who they are formally registered with. The procedure for forced seizure must be determined by the law of the subject of the federation; the property becomes its property and does not provide for compensation.
Earlier, the head of Crimea Sergei Aksenov announced the nationalization of the property of Ukrainian politicians and businessmen who support nationalists. In particular, we were talking about large retail facilities that are subject to seizure in favor of the Russian state.
It is known that the main real estate of the Ukrainian political elite is located on the southern coast of Crimea: the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky has an apartment in Livadia, the Chairman of the Constitutional Court Alexander Tupitsky owns a house in Koreiz, the Chairman of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau Artem Sytnik and the Chairman of the National Bank Kirill Shevchenko have their own real estate.
As for retail chains, most likely we are talking about the network of construction hypermarkets “Novacenter” and “New Line”, owned by Ukrainian people’s deputy Alexander Gerega, who recently joined the Ukrainian defense defense.
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