Residents of a dormitory in Nalchik complained about being evicted.

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Former employees of the Kabardino-Balkarian State Agrarian University have filed a complaint with the authorities that university management served them with eviction notices from their dormitory. According to them, appeals to the rector and government agencies have yielded no results.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," last June, the management of the Kabardino-Balkarian State Agrarian University notified former employees living in the university dormitory since 1987 of their eviction without providing alternative housing.

Residents of the dormitory at 17 Tarchokova Street in Nalchik appealed to the authorities of Kabardino-Balkaria and the Russian Federation regarding the eviction demand, Gazeta Yuga reported on February 21.

According to the publication, 47 families live in the dormitory. These are former employees of the Kabardino-Balkarian State Agrarian University who were laid off in 2017 without being offered alternative work. They were on a housing waiting list, but it was eliminated. Recently, they were given notices to vacate their housing. Meetings with the university rector yielded no results.

The residents recorded a video message in which they stated that they were maintaining the building themselves and had completed major renovations themselves. Over the course of a year, they appealed to various government agencies, but their requests were forwarded to the university rector. According to the residents, their request to see the head of the republic was denied. The rector, they added, cites the fact that "the government supports him and is completely on his side."

As a reminder, KBGAU rector Zaurbi Shkhagapsoev previously told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that he was forced to evict people from the dormitory because the students had nowhere to live. "They've already been living there for 30-40 years without any legal grounds. Where should I house the students?" he asked.