An orphan from the Volgograd region has been fighting for nine years to obtain the housing she is legally entitled to.

Elena Mikhailova, who was raised in boarding schools in Dagestan and Volgograd, complained that she has been trying to get the housing she is legally entitled to from officials for nine years.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot" on December 30, 2024, Elena Mikhailova, who was raised in boarding schools in Dagestan and Volgograd, complained that officials are not providing her with the housing she is legally entitled to.

Elena Mikhailova continues to seek the housing she is legally entitled to, but authorized bodies have not yet responded to her appeal, the Regional Public Organization "Association for the Protection of the Rights of Orphans" reported on June 19.

"We are awaiting a response from the Volgograd Region Prosecutor's Office to the illegal denial of inclusion in the list of those in need of housing. <…> The orphan never had housing, not even one assigned to her," the association noted on its VKontakte social network page.

Mikhailova herself said in a published video that the head teacher of the Makhachkala boarding school where she was raised had previously told her that she should be included in the list of those in need of housing.

As a reminder, Elena Mikhailova previously said that she was raised in Khasavyurt Orphanage No. 4, and then in Makhachkala Internet School No. 4 for orphans, and when she graduated, she was sent to the Kalachevsky Technical Boarding School in Volgograd.

"When I graduated from the technical boarding school, I had nowhere to live, nothing... "They didn't give me any, and social services placed me in a mental health facility," Mikhailova said. When she reached adulthood, she didn't know that, as an orphan, she was entitled to the housing she was legally entitled to. But Mikhailova eventually learned about it. In 2017, she appealed to various authorities and filed a lawsuit demanding that the authorities provide her with housing. "I wasn't put on the housing waiting list. The court rejected my application," Mikhailova said.

After being denied a place on the housing waiting list, Mikhailova attempted to register as low-income, but officials also refused.

As of 8:40 a.m. Moscow time on June 20, the Volgograd and Volgograd Region administration websites have no comments regarding Elena Mikhailova's complaint about officials' refusal to provide housing.

The "Caucasian Knot" also reported that the story of Magomedfazil Kurbetov, an orphan from Makhachkala, had previously caused a stir on social media. A Makhachkala resident filmed a video of Kurbetov being forced to sleep on the streets for seven years and posted it on social media. Following the outcry, Makhachkala officials promised to provide the orphan with the housing he is legally entitled to.

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