"This is dispossession": Krasnoyarsk residents demand a revision of the law on integrated territorial development.
Residents of the Nikolaevka microdistrict in Krasnoyarsk have appealed to President Vladimir Putin to suspend and revise the federal law on integrated territorial development (ITD). On the eve of a live Q&A session with the head of state, they recorded a video message criticizing the seizure of their land and homes for a large-scale development project.
"We give away land for pennies"
According to a plan approved last year, the private sector in Mykolaivka will be demolished, and high-rise buildings, a kindergarten, a school, and a sports complex will be built in its place within 12 years. However, residents are outraged by the compensation conditions: their plots and homes are being offered amounts significantly below market value.
"Owners are receiving compensation at minimal rates. Forced evictions and property seizures are underway. Today, we're essentially giving away our land plots to commercial developers," the petition's participants stated.
Litigation and protests
Elena, a resident of Nikolaevka, told reporters that she was offered just over three million rubles for a house and plot of land that independent appraisers valued at 10 million.
"The land is valued below its cadastral value—and that's our greatest asset. Everyone understands that our houses will be demolished. They want our land, which is kept quiet everywhere," she emphasized.
Residents are demanding that they be relocated to new housing in the same area, rather than to the outskirts of the city or rural areas. They have already held several protests, filed lawsuits, and appealed to various authorities, but so far to no avail.
"No one is against the city's development, but not at our expense."
Residents not only of Krasnoyarsk but also of other Russian regions are opposing the KRT law. They call the forced housing purchase mechanism "dekulakization" and draw parallels with the policies of the 1920s and 1930s.
The Krasnoyarsk mayor's office claims that investors have already purchased approximately 150 properties, representing a third of the total. However, according to Elena, many of these homes were abandoned or inherited by their owners, so they agreed to buy them at minimal prices.
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