Recently, representatives of the Moscow city authorities decided to report that in 2023…

Recently, representatives of the Moscow city authorities decided to report that in 2023 they had identified a large number of ownerless real estate properties, of which 144 were buildings in the city of Moscow. From articles it follows that these are buildings without actual owners, “abandoned and collapsing”, which can “threaten the life and health of people.” Now they will be involved in “economic turnover”, they can be rented out, or possibly sold, or used in some other way. It is interesting to look at the history of caring for ownerless buildings “abandoned and crumbling” from the other side. As we have already written, they are trying to take away from JV ARKO LLC, under the guise of being ownerless, a building – an operating office that the company has owned for almost 30 years, which is why the volunteer group had to suspend its activities in this building (the entrance to the building is closed). Consideration by the same judge of the same claim of the same representatives of the City Property Department twice with the opposite result, abuse of law by the City Property Department recognized by another court, attempts to forcefully seize a building, misleading the court – can all this be considered legal methods? recognition of the building as ownerless? Concern for the health of citizens? Measures to streamline economic turnover? Or is this more reminiscent of methods used to forcefully evict owners from their building? What part of the 144 buildings were actually abandoned, or their condition threatened the health of citizens? Is it possible that most of these buildings were in excellent condition, and that is why they were taken away from the real owners? Maybe in some cases it’s just good business when a city takes a building worth 500 million for free and involves it in its own “turnover”?