House without land: why in Russia they divided ownership rights to real estate
Current Russian legislation provides for a separate legal regime for land and objects located on it. In such case, the land and buildings on it are treated as separate items, not one. The web portal Pravo.Ru looks at the history of this “separation”, why it is unique to Russia, and whether it is necessary to move away from this model to one used in developed jurisdictions, where everything that is built on the land – is its integral part, and not an independent item.
