The Investigative Committee will take up the case of a Moscow landlord evicting residents in Simeiz
The Investigative Committee will once again return to the investigation into the sale of three tuberculosis sanatoriums in Simeiz, along with the residents, who were former employees of the sanatoriums.
The previous investigation into the fact ended with the criminal case being dismissed , reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
The Investigative Committee's website reports that the agency's information center received a complaint from citizens disagreeing with the results of the investigation into the legality of the sale of sanatoriums, complete with residents, to private ownership. Investigative Committee Chairman Alexander Bastrykin requested a report from the regional office on this matter, explaining the grounds on which the criminal case was dismissed.
The Villa Selam building, designated as apartments for Yunost employees
It was opened after residents appealed to Bastrykin with a request to protect their right to housing, in which they had lived for many years. Moreover, the new owners blocked the asphalt road leading to residential buildings and the exits to the sea.
Back in January 2023, Simeiz residents met with Vladimir Terentyev, head of the Investigative Committee's territorial administration . They were effectively left homeless after the former Yunost children's tuberculosis sanatorium, along with its land, was sold at public auction in the summer of 2022. The new owner also received three apartment buildings where former employees lived, although these buildings are officially listed as non-residential.
Then the Investigative Committee opened criminal cases under the articles “Negligence” and “Abuse of official powers”.
"The everyday and social problems that need to be solved have been identified. Unfortunately, the citizens themselves have previously contacted various authorities, found a solution and see in us an opportunity to realize their rights," said Terentyev, the chairman of the Investigative Committee, on television cameras.
However, the criminal case was dropped , and the residents were left with nothing. Investigators also found no evidence of a crime in the sale of the Pioneer and Krasny Mayak sanatoriums.
As MK v Krymu wrote, the Simeiz residents living in the territory of Yunost have long asked the Yalta administration to formalize an easement on the only road and even paid for cadastral work at their own expense. The administration verbally supported them, but when the Yunost, Pioneer and Krasny Mayak resorts were sold in the summer of 2022, it recommended resolving the issue with the new owner.
There were speculations in the press that the spa resorts were purchased by the wife of presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, but Tatyana Navka herself denied this . However, the unnamed "high-status Muscovite" didn't investigate the situation and simply blocked the road with a fence. Access to her home is through the gatehouse upon presentation of a passport and registration.
The buildings of the sold sanatoriums were dachas built in the early 20th century and rented out to tuberculosis patients coming to Simeiz for treatment. After the Revolution, the dachas were consolidated into sanatoriums to also treat tuberculosis, but this time for Soviet citizens. Now, the process is reversed: the sanatoriums are being liquidated , and the dachas, exemplary examples of the architecture of their time, are being sold. The same thing happened to the buildings of the Semashko Sanatorium in Simeiz.
It must be said that the buildings themselves require significant investment. During the Ukrainian period, only one of the five sanatoriums on the peninsula could be called a health resort at all. The rest were 60-90% worn out. In 2013, a girl died in Yunost when a damaged balcony fell on her. But the Ukrainian Ministry of Health, which supervised the health resorts, did not have the funds to restore them.
The Investigative Committee will take up the case of a Moscow landlord evicting residents in Simeiz.