July 25, 2025, 3:26 p.m.
(A view of the boarding house. Photo: wikimapia.org)
In the occupied Crimean city of Sudak, the Russian authorities have put up for sale the Krymska Vesna boarding house. The seller is the Russian-controlled company Sunny Tavrika.
This was reported by the Center for Investigative Journalism.
Information about the auction is posted on the Russian electronic platform RTS-tender. The facility is being sold in two stages. The starting price of the main part of the property is 500 million rubles. The list includes four dormitory buildings, cottages for VIP guests, a dining room with a swimming pool, a bakery, a conference room, warehouses, utility facilities and communal infrastructure. The boarding house can accommodate over 600 people on almost 10 hectares of territory at a time.
Before the occupation, the boarding house was called 'Lviv Railwayman'. After 2014, the Russian authorities renamed it. "Crimean Spring". The Kremlin calls the annexation of the peninsula after a referendum whose results were not recognized by Ukraine, the international community, or the European Union.
Lviv Railwayman boarding house, 1970s. Photo: img.pastvu.com
Earlier it was reported that the Russian Federation also put up for auction a beach in Sevastopol - the "Golden Beach" is planned to be leased for 20 years.
The Russian occupiers in Crimea regularly sell off Ukrainian property, in particular, in the first half of 2025 alone, they received more than 2 billion rubles at auction. The proceeds are allegedly used to develop the peninsula and support the participants in the war against Ukraine. The chairman of the Russian-controlled Crimean parliament, Vladimir Konstantinov, wrote on his telegram channel that all the property of "enemies of Russia and Crimea" had become the property of the republic and was put up for auction. In the first half of 2025, 25 nationalized objects were sold. As a result, the Crimean budget received more than 2.2 billion rubles.
The annexed Crimea is the rear base of the Russian army in the war against Ukraine: paramilitary street patrols are being formed, mobile mobilization centers for the Russian army are being deployed on the streets, and security forces are being trained. The Russian military continues to move equipment and manpower from Crimea to the southern front and to the Russian border with Sumy region. The Kerch bridge is being actively used for this purpose.
Катерина Глушко