Occupiers seize property rebuilt by businesses in temporary occupied Mariupol - National Resistance Center

A scheme of covert seizure of property rebuilt by entrepreneurs after 2022 at their own expense is being implemented in temporarily occupied Mariupol, Donetsk Region. This is stated in the message of the National Resistance Center (NRC).

According to the Center, russian businesses were purposefully encouraged to enter the destroyed city, promising in the future to register ownership rights to the objects in the absence of previous owners. However, after the completion of the work, these promises remained informal, and the legal status of the rebuilt premises was uncertain.

According to sources of the NRC, in parallel, the occupation administration created a mechanism for pressure on entrepreneurs through complete control of the infrastructure. Power outages, refusal to sign contracts for water and heat, blocking garbage removal are applied selectively - against those who try to independently protect their rights or refuse to "negotiate" with officials.

The Center said that a key element of the scheme is the subsequent actual seizure of the restored objects. After investing tens of millions of rubles, entrepreneurs are informed about the "status review" of the buildings, despite the existing permits for restoration issued by the same administration. Insiders revealed that these are not isolated cases, but hundreds of objects that have already been included in the internal lists for redistribution.

"In this case, we are not talking about administrative chaos, but about a systemic model. "Reconstruction" is used as a bait to attract other people's funds, after which the real estate is transferred manually to loyal structures. Entrepreneurs in this scheme are not considered partners, but as a temporary tool for creating a new system of control over property in the city," the NRC emphasized.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, russian propaganda resources have launched a disinformation campaign about the "reconstruction and prosperity" of occupied Mariupol, Donetsk Region. Particular attention is focused on the building of the Mariupol Drama Theater, which was destroyed by an airstrike by russian troops in March 2022, despite the fact that hundreds of civilians were hiding there, many of whom were killed.