Overview
- On December 15, the Supreme Court registered objections from Larisa Dolina’s counsel to Polina Lurye’s complaint and assigned the case for review.
- The court is scheduled to hear Lurye’s challenge on December 16 as she seeks to reinstate the apartment purchase in Moscow’s Khamovniki district.
- Lower courts voided the sale and restored Dolina’s ownership after she reported a months‑long phone‑fraud scheme; several perpetrators were convicted in November.
- Dolina has said on national television she intends to return 112 million rubles to Lurye, without specifying the timing or mechanism.
- Senior lawmaker Anatoly Aksakov said the episode has chilled confidence in the resale housing market and urged measures such as a cooling‑off period with funds held on special accounts and mandatory notarization.