Couple of months ago, in November 2016, the
Constitutional Court of Russia issued a decision on a controversial topic of
legal regime of property which is due to serve to different households (such as
roads or water pipelines) in ‘summer cottage’ communities (Russian text is availably here). Unfortunately, the
Court skirted the main problem, answering the questions formally and avoiding delving
into the essence of the relationships in question. So, what was it all about?