The Economist, «Russia’s latest crime in Mariupol: stealing property«, Jun 19th 2024.
«Ultimately, says Mr Andryushchenko, “it doesn’t matter” that Russians are buying confiscated Ukrainian property. Under international and Ukrainian law, such transactions are “absolutely illegal”. If at some future date Mariupol is returned to Ukrainian control, any contract disputed by an owner citing Ukrainian records would be null and void. “Unofficially, our recommendation as a Ukrainian municipal authority is: if you can sell your property, do it,” he says. And what of Mariupolans who have bought flats in new blocks with Russian mortgages, or have bought properties illegally but unknowingly?».
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