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  • Natalia Cwicinskaja

Bazhenov and Others v. Russia and Ukraine: Property Rights under Occupation

November 06, 2026

By Natalia Cwicinskaja Occupation does not bring private transactions to a halt. In Crimea, property continued to be bought, sold and registered after Russia asserted jurisdiction over the peninsula. In Bazhenov and Others v Russia and Ukraine, the European Court of Human Rights (Court) confronted the tension between protecting individual property and the consequences of non-recognition […]