Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Prince Valery Kubarev
The prince wants his castle back. The prince is 47-year-old Valery Kubarev of Russia, descendant of Ivan the Terrible, who claims the Russian government has no legal claim to the Kremlin and should turn over management of it to his Princes Foundation, which represents an aristocratic family dating all the way back to Rurik, a 9th century prince. It was the Ruriks who established the Kremlin, and neither the Soviet or present government ever registered ownership of the 69-acre complex of buildings and towers.
“The property was not purchased from us, was not lawfully taken away from us, and the federal authorities do not have any right to our property,” Kubarev told the media. “The Ruriks demand the return of our property, rent from the government for the illegal possession of our property, and financial compensation.”
In addition to relocating his foundation to the Kremlin, Kubarev wants the head of the Russian Orthodox Church to be housed there as well.
-Noel Brinkerhoff
Ivan the Terrible Descendants Launch Court Case to Get Kremlin Back (by Andrew Osborn, Telegraph)
Prince of Russia Goes to Court to Reclaim Kremlin (by Andy Potts, Moscow News)
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