In occupied Crimea, authorities plan to seize property from singer Jamala

The occupation authorities of Crimea plan to seize the assets of 110 more Ukrainian natural and legal persons who “commit unfriendly actions against Russia”, among other things, the list includes the property of the Ukrainian singer of Crimean Tatar origin, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Jamala.

Ukrainian singer Jamala

Property will be seized from Ukrainians as part of the “nationalisation of assets”, the head of the occupying Crimean parliament, Volodymyr Konstantynov, has said. 

The occupiers also added to the list of property subject to “nationalisation”:

• the property of a deputy of the Brovary District Council of Kyiv Region, who is a beneficiary of the Dolphin Therapy, Rehabilitation and Recreation Centre in Alushta;
• the holding company Kyivmiskbud;
• Arseniy Yatsenyuk, a beneficiary of Antey 2012 LLC, which is the owner of real estate in Yalta;
• the property of the family of Lidiia Koteliak, Member of Parliament of Ukraine, who heads the organisation “Mothers of the Mobilised”;
• property of her son Ihor Koteliak, a soldier of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine;
• CJSC Yalta Film Studio;
• LLC Hotel Bristol in Yalta;
• PJSC Platinum Bank.

The list also includes properties belonging to relatives of Ukrainian politician Vitalii Khomutynnik and “other Ukrainian neighbours of Zelenskyy in Livadiya”, Konstantinov said.

The Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Tamila Tasheva has repeatedly stated that Ukraine does not intend to recognise acts that violate human or state rights. These include decisions on the “nationalisation” or confiscation of property and on the establishment of inheritance.

In addition, the representative office stressed that the rights of the affected property owners would be restored through the return of this property or compensation from Russia, in particular in the form of reparations.

Earlier, ZMINA reported that Andrii Kutiepov, the head of the Economic Policy Committee of the upper house of the Russian parliament, and Russian senator Kateryna Altabaieva prepared a bill on the mandatory deadline for real estate registration by January 1, 2026 for residents of Sevastopol and Crimea.

The explanatory note to the document states that the draft law proposes to set a deadline for submitting “documents that are the basis for state registration of rights to real estate located in the city of Sevastopol and the Republic of Crimea for state registration of the relevant rights… in the Unified State Register of Real Estate – by January 1, 2026”.