cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/4308680
Homes seized from Ukrainian owners by Russian-installed authorities in occupied Donetsk Oblast will be resold illegally, the Center of National Resistance reported Aug. 27.
Russian-installed authorities on Ukraine’s occupied territories regularly violate international law and norms. Ukrainian residents who continue to live under Russian occupation are being increasingly pressured to obtain Russian citizenship.
“All these ‘deals’ are legally null and void. Everyone involved in the sale of Ukrainian property will be held accountable,” the CNR said in a Telegram post.
Russian-installed authorities in Donetsk Oblast previously announced plans to turn stolen housing into “big business” by the end of the year.
“Under the guise of ‘creating jobs,’ the occupiers are effectively legalizing looting. By ‘state property,’ they mean housing and enterprises taken from Ukrainians after the invasion,” the CNR said.
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Buying a house there sounds like a fantastic idea
That course of action is basically a given when land is seized in a war.


