[tassvi57]

I inherited ahouse with land in Russia, together with my aunt, half-half. Now, she says since I am not aRussian citizen, I can't inherit and it stands in her way to inherit? Sounds fishy... HELP!
Thank you.

[Fr_Chuck]

Perhaps not, I am not up on Russian laws, but many countries have rules that only citizens can own property. I know that in general land itself is not "owned" the house that sits on the property is owned, and the property is a "use" and the owner of the house has use of that land, since they build a house on it. This comes from the 1993 Land Reform.

I did some quick checking and it does appear that non citizens may not have rights to own property, but you need to clearify this though a attorney in russia

You need an attorney in that local area to represent you though this.
Land law is a very specialized law in Russia, so you will need someone that does just that.

[joypulv]

She wants you to just sign over your half? She should buy you out, and if she can't afford to, then you can both pay a Russian lawyer to figure out how the property can be sold and you each get half of the proceeds.