Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Decree No. 201 came into effect on March 20, 2021.
The executive edict adds Crimea and Sevastopol to “the list of Russia’s border territories where foreign citizens, stateless persons and foreign legal entities cannot own land.” As such, non-Russians, including Ukrainian citizens who still reside in occupied Crimea but who refused to obtain a Russian passport, can now be stripped of their property.