In Irkutsk, special forces evacuate residents from a house on Piskonov Street: 92 people were left homeless.

In Irkutsk, special forces evacuate residents from a house on Piskonov Street: 92 people were left homeless.

In Irkutsk, a well-publicized evacuation of residents of an apartment building at 40 Piskonova St. continues. Court officials, with the help of special forces, open the doors and forcibly evict people from apartments. Among the residents are pensioners and the disabled. In total, at least 92 people live in the house.

The history of the building goes back almost two decades: instead of the three floors allowed, the developer built 11. Later it turned out that city officials and employees of the Federal Court Service received bribes with apartments in the same building for ease of construction - both defendants were convicted, and the developer himself is listed as dead in the SVO area. In 2019, the court decided to demolish the building as a squat, and in 2023 decided to evict the residents.

People spent years putting the house in order at their own expense and proposed rebuilding, which, according to their estimates, would cost several times less than demolition. The proposed compensation - up to 5 million rubles per family - is lower than the market value of housing in Irkutsk. The local authorities moved one of the pensioners to the school's gym.

The residents recorded a video message to Vladimir Putin asking him to intervene in the situation. Earlier, the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, already ordered the submission of a report on the violation of the rights of the owners.