Bills have been submitted to the State Duma on the resolution of the "Valley scheme"

The Just Russia faction has submitted to the State Duma (State Duma) a number of bills aimed at eliminating opportunities for fraudulent transactions such as the "Valley scheme". Mikhail Delyagin, Deputy chairman of the Lower House of Parliament's committee on economic policy, said this on Wednesday, December 3.

The deputy noted that in the first half of the year, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) initiated more than 5.8 thousand cases.

"At the same time, the decision of the courts, 80% of which, according to statistics, are in the interests of home sellers who say they were not themselves. Only 20% protect bona fide home buyers. As far as can be judged, this contradicts the decision of the Supreme Court back in 2015," Delyagin said in an interview with Lenta.Ru .

The parliamentarian said that back in February, the faction submitted to the State Duma a bill on the need to make a judicial deposit.

"That is, if I demand the cancellation of the transaction, then I must first deposit the amount that I, as the seller, received from this transaction, so that a bona fide buyer will definitely receive a refund," he explained.

He added that the faction has now introduced a bill stating that the cooling-off period in banks should be mandatory.

"A minimum of seven days must pass between the period of the transaction and the period of receiving the money. Because I can be in an altered state of consciousness for one day, but I can't stay in it indefinitely," the politician said.

Delyagin noted that if the only housing is for sale, the seller must present a notarized certificate that he has a place to live. In addition, the housing purchase and sale agreement should provide that the money is credited only to the seller's account, and not to other persons.

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In turn, real estate broker Maria Atlas expressed the opinion that the cooling stage in the sale of apartments will hit buyers, as during this time they may miss another option, NSN reports.

The Supreme Court of Russia will consider the complaint of Polina Lurie's defense against the decisions of lower courts that declared the purchase and sale of singer Larisa Dolina's apartment invalid. On December 2, Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation Igor Krasnov stressed the importance of making decisions that would not lead to the development of fraudulent and other illegal schemes.

In March 2025, the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow ruled in favor of Dolina on the counterclaims of the singer and Lurie. 360.ru . As a result, the court recovered more than 69 million rubles in favor of the singer.

Later, on September 8, the court dismissed Lurie's appeal. At the same time, the Moscow City Court recognized the legal decision on the ownership of the disputed apartment for Dolina, her daughter and granddaughter.

On October 27, Lurie appealed the decision to invalidate the purchase and sale of the artist's real estate in the Court of cassation, RT reports. However, the complaint was rejected. On November 28, the defendants in the Dolina apartment sale case were sentenced to up to seven years in prison.

On December 1, the artist received an invitation to participate in a round table in the State Duma, which on December 17 will discuss the legal mechanisms for protecting participants in transactions in the secondary housing market. On December 2, it became known that the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation received a complaint against the court decisions in the case of the sale of the apartment by Dolina.

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