More than 4,000 apartments in Mariupol could fall under the control of the occupying authorities
In occupied Mariupol, the Russian administration is preparing for a large-scale confiscation of housing, declaring thousands of apartments and houses “ownerless.” In total, more than 4,000 properties have already been added to the registries and may be transferred to the ownership of local occupation authorities, according to Russian media reports.
Russian occupation authorities in Mariupol continue to compile lists of housing they deem “ownerless” and plan to transfer to municipal ownership. According to an analysis of published decrees, thousands of apartments and houses in the city have already been identified as subject to this procedure.
At least 3,879 properties have been entered into the real estate registry, and taking into account additional documents that have not been officially published, the total number exceeds 4,000. At the same time, local residents report that the list is constantly expanding and includes both destroyed and partially intact buildings.
Following the adoption of legislative changes at the level of the so-called “DPR,” the procedure has become significantly simpler: now, housing can automatically become the property of the municipality after being entered into the registry without a court decision. Thus, the mechanism effectively allows for the rapid transfer of property to the occupation administration.
According to preliminary data, following the changes in the rules, hundreds of apartments and houses have already been transferred to local authorities, and the general lists of potential properties for confiscation cover nearly 13,000 housing units. Certain officials appointed by the Russian side have previously publicly stated that hundreds of apartments in the city have been seized.
The actual scale of the final confiscation is currently unknown, but documents from the occupation administration indicate the systematic nature of the process and the gradual expansion of the registries of “ownerless” property.
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