The Constitution of the Republic of Crimea    The document   was  adopted  on  11  April  2014  and  came  into  force  on  13  April  2014.  Article  28 guarantees everyone   the  right  to  own  property,  possess, use and dispose of it both individually and jointly. The inviolability of property is guaranteed and  the  expropriation  of […]

Law of the Republic of Crimea “On peculiarities of buying-out of property in the Republic of Crimea” of 8 August 2014 №47-ZRK   The law came into force on 12 August 2014. It sets out the grounds (prevention of danger to life and health of the population in the Republic of Crimea; maintenance of the […]

Law of the Republic of Crimea “On peculiarities of regulation of property and land relations on the territory of the Republic of Crimea” of 31 July 2014 №38-ZRK The Law was adopted on 31 June 2014 and came into force on 12 August 2014. Para. 3 Part 1 of Art. 2 states that all lands […]

Nationalization of property in Crimea and Sevastopol. According to our calculations based  on  official  Decisions  there  were  nationalized  more  than  330 companies, institutions and organizations,  state-owned  and  owned  by  trade  unions, as well as more than  280  enterprises  of  private  ownership.  According  to  other  studies  this  figure  is  about  4,000 companies. In particular, with regard […]

   The Regulation “On some issues of property nationalization” №118- PP dd. 02.28.2015 The Regulation came into force on 28 February 2015. The property of 12 enterprises previously privately owned, which had not brought their charter documents in accordance with Russian law and had not filed an application about inclusion in the single state register […]

The Regulation “On some issues of property nationalization” №123 – ПП of 28 February 2015 The  Regulation came into force on 28 February, 2015.  According to it, movable and immovable property, property   rights and intangible assets of 3 companies previously privately owned shall be transferred to the state ownership of the Federal City of […]

 Demolition of unauthorized constructions.  According to official   statements  of  authorities  working  in the occupied Crimea, in Simferopol there were found 450 objects,  in  Simferopol  region – 590,  in Sudak – 338, in Yalta – 225 and in Yevpatoria – 36. Among these objects there were found 358 foundations, 590  foundations  with  walls,  217  finished […]

 The Decision of the National Security and Defense Council  of  Ukraine  of  July 20,  2015 ” On  the Status of Implementation of Measures Concerning the Protection of Property Rights and Interests of the State of Ukraine in Connection with the Temporary Occupation of the Territory of Ukraine”  The decision deals with the maintaining records of […]

Declaration on the human rights of individuals who are not nationals of the country in which they live, adopted by the resolution 40/144 of the UN General Assembly on 13 December 1985 Part 2 (d) of Art. 5 determines  that  foreigners  have  the  right to  own  property  alone  as  well  as  in association with  others, […]

Convention with respect to the laws and customs of war on land. (Hague Convention IV)   The Convention was signed on 18 October 1907 by 15 States, still it had not been ratified and did not enter into force as an international treaty. However the references to the provisions of the Convention were used during […]

The European Convention was adopted on 04. 11.1950 and originally contained no guarantees for ptotection of property. Relevant provisions were supplemented to the Convention by the Protocol No. 1 only on 20.03.1952. Ukraine signed this Protocol on 19.12.1996, ratified it on 17.07.1997 and the entry into force happened on 11.09.1997. The Russian Federation in a […]

The Law of Ukraine “On Creation of the Free Economic Zone “Crimea” and on Peculiaritiesof Exercising Economic Activity in the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine” The law was adopted on 12 August 2014 and entered into force on 27 September 2014. In accordance with Article 8 of the Law the State guarantees the procedure for […]