The authorities of St. Petersburg decided to evict a European university from the mansion

The Committee for Property Relations of St. Petersburg filed a lawsuit to evict a European University (EU) from a mansion in the city center. This was reported to Interfax in the press service of the committee.

“We filed a lawsuit to terminate the contract for the lease and eviction of the university in connection with the non -compliance of the terms of the contract regarding the requirements of the Committee on State Control, the use and Protection of History and Culture Monuments,” the committee explained.

If the arbitration court satisfies the lawsuit, the university will be able to stay in the building until the end of the school year, the interlocutor of Interfax added.

In December, Rosobrnadzor suspended the license of the European University. Then the Moscow Arbitration Court restored the permission of the university to work.

As RAPSI clarifies , in the framework of a judicial dispute with Rosobrnadzor, the university as an interim measure asked to ban the Rosreestr to terminate the lease agreement with him. The Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region on January 23 granted this petition.

Fontanka writes that the Committee of Property Relations unilaterally terminated the contract with the university. EU filed a complaint against this decision.

The main building of the university is located in the mansion of Count Kushelev-Bezborodko, who was a senator under Nicholas II. Kommersant reported that one of the reasons for the conflict around the EU may be the reconstruction of the palace.

The European University was created in St. Petersburg in 1994. The Board of Trustees of the university includes the former head of the Ministry of Finance Alexei Kudrin, director of the Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky.