Residents of Irkutsk, who are being forcibly evicted from their apartments by special forces, appealed to Vladimir Putin and Alexander Bastrykin.
A court accompanied by special forces arrived at an 11-story building on Piskonova Street in Irkutsk and opened five apartments, claiming that the building was "built by itself." According to media reports, two pensioners had a nervous breakdown; Psychologists worked with them. Prior to that, demands for forced evacuation were submitted to the residents. After the special forces arrived, a notice was pasted in the house stating that the heating would be turned off.
The apartment building was built in 2013 (construction began in 2008) by the Matroso company, owned by the entrepreneur Yevgeny Kuznetsov. As Komsomolskaya Pravda writes. Irkutsk", the house was built using forged documents; the permit was for a cottage, not an 11-story building. Back in 2008, the municipality warned citizens not to purchase apartments in this building.
However, in 2013, the developer entered into a compromise agreement with the mayor's office, which allowed the house to operate, and the residents could register their property rights through the court.
In 2014 the house was declared unsafe. In 2019, it became clear that the building permit was illegal, the building was recognized as unauthorized construction and 92 residents were required to pay for the demolition of the multi-story building themselves.
Employees of the Irkutsk mayor's office and the regional department of the court officials service, who did not take measures to stop the construction, received 8.5 years in prison for bribery.
The tenants of the building, in an appeal to Putin and Labstrykin, stated that the court's decision in 2019 is illegal, since at the time the lawsuit was filed, the development company still existed as a legal entity - therefore, it should have demanded the demolition of the building from it, and not from the apartment buyers:
"We have official information about the interruption of the supply of water, heat and electricity. There is no attempt by the administration of the prosecutor's office and the officials to resolve the dispute and leave the house by rehabilitation. In fact, according to expert opinion, it is not worth destroying the house.