Topix Underground

"..#Russia authorities in occupied Donbas issued, from the name of “Donbass People’s Republic”, a decree about “nationalisation of abandoned accommodation resources”. Or, in simple words, taking away apartments from residents who have been kidnapped, killed, expelled or mobilised into Russian army under occupation. The same process had been also done in #Mariupol earlier this year.

These decrees are of course illegal from the point of view of even laws of Russian Federation, but this had never prevented Russian authorities from actually conducting any actions they wished in the past. Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republic had been always legal “black holes” and after the formal annexation by Russia they remained very selective in terms of application of Russian law. Historically, it has been always the case with other “self-recognised republics aligned with Russia” such as Abkhazia  or South Osetia. For example, Russians had been for decades traditionally registering stolen cars there because it allowed them to legally drive the vehicles inside Russia and pay reduced mandatory car insurance.."