A Finnish court has seized a piece of land owned by the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Helsinki at the request of the Ukrainian company "Naftogaz." This was reported by the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper, citing the debt recovery authority. The seized property includes a 3,326 square meter plot of land and an office building located at Nordenskiöldinkatu 1. "According to the property ownership certificate, the land belongs to the Russian Federation, previously owned by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics," the report states. Background on the Lawsuit In April 2023, an arbitration court in The Hague ordered Russia to pay Naftogaz $5 billion in compensation for losses related to assets in Crimea. To recap, after the peninsula joined Russia in 2014, Naftogaz's subsidiary assets were nationalized and included in the charter capital of the new organization "Chernomorneftegaz," owned by the Crimean authorities. This is the second time the property of the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Helsinki has been seized. The first instance occurred in April 2023 due to EU sanctions, but the seizure was later lifted. Earlier, Latvia passed a law transferring ownership of the cultural center "House of Moscow" in Riga to the state, and in the Czech Republic, around 70 properties located in Prague, Bohemia, Karlovy Vary, and other cities were sealed, effectively confiscated. Amid these foreign rulings, Vladimir Putin signed a decree (https://t.me/c/1695022138/7804) to identify overseas real estate previously owned by the USSR or the Russian Empire.