The occupation authorities have obliged property owners on the left bank of Kherson region to submit Ukrainian documents for “re-registration” of property under Russian law by July 1, 2026.
Pro-Russian media report this, citing amendments to the federal constitutional law of the Russian Federation that came into force at the end of 2025.
Owners are obliged to put the objects on the cadastral register and “register” ownership rights for the so-called “legalization” of rights in the legal framework of the Russian Federation. The occupation authorities set this date as the deadline for confirming private property rights.
At the same time, restrictions have been introduced for persons whom the Russian Federation classifies as citizens of “unfriendly foreign states” (in particular citizens of Ukraine who do not hold a Russian passport). Such persons cannot “register” rights to property without a special permit.
Note that in mid-December 2025 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that allows recognizing housing without an identified owner as state or municipal property in temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, including Kherson region.
Earlier MOST wrote that at the beginning of 2023 the occupiers stated that they would recognize the property of residents of the TOT of Kherson region as “ownerless” in the absence of the owner. After that on the left bank they began mass “nationalizing” real estate, and recently changed the procedure, by which they will appropriate the housing of TOT residents.
In October this year the occupation governor of the left bank of Kherson region Volodymyr Saldo instructed to accelerate the creation of a register of “ownerless” property.