The finale of the high-profile Dolina case: bailiffs handed Luria the keys to the apartment in Khamovniki

On January 19, bailiffs arrived at Larisa Dolina's apartment in Khamovniki to hand over the keys to the new owner, Polina Lurie. This was the final stage of a long-running conflict over real estate, which began after the apartment sale was declared invalid and the subsequent Supreme Court decision to return the home to the buyer. Details can be found in the Izvestia article.

Bailiffs came to evict the Valley

On January 19, bailiffs arrived at the house in Khamovniki, where Larisa Dolina's former apartment is located. On the same day, Polina Lurie received the keys to the apartment she had bought from the singer, said Svetlana Sviridenko, the buyer's lawyer.

Sviridenko clarified that the appeal to the Federal Bailiff Service for Larisa Dolina's eviction was filed on January 12. Already on January 14, enforcement proceedings on the forced release of an apartment owned by Lurie were registered in the register of the Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP).

The proceedings were initiated on the basis of a writ of execution issued by the Khamovnicheskiy District Court of Moscow on December 25, 2025. On the same day, the Moscow City Court issued a final decision on the eviction of the actress and decided to remove her daughter and granddaughter from the register. The judicial act was subject to immediate execution.

How long does it take for Dolina to transfer the apartment

At the end of December, the Moscow City Court ruled that Larisa Dolina should vacate the apartment in Khamovniki, deciding on her eviction. At the same time, according to the buyer's side, after the court ruling, the actress continued to live in the apartment.

Polina Lurie's lawyer stated that Dolina had asked to be allowed to stay in her apartment until March 1, citing the need for time to pack her things. Maria Pukhova, a representative of the singer, subsequently denied this information, stressing that "there was no talk of any months."

According to Lurie's lawyer, the new owner insisted on vacating the apartment by December 30, but Dolina refused to move out earlier than January 5.

Later, Pukhova reported that on January 5, Lurie was unable to come for the keys, after which the parties had previously agreed to meet on January 9. On that day, the buyer inspected the apartment, but the act of acceptance and transfer was not signed due to Dolina's absence, explained Lurie's lawyer Svetlana Sviridenko.

According to her, the artist's representatives did not have the authority to sign the document. At that time, the Valley was located in the UAE. In this regard, Lurie's defense allowed for the possibility of contacting bailiffs to transfer the apartment without the singer's participation.

What happened to Dolina after the apartment case

In August 2024, Larisa Dolina announced that she had become a victim of fraud when selling an apartment in Khamovniki for 112 million rubles. In the spring, the Khamovnicheskiy District Court of Moscow invalidated the deal and restored the artist's ownership of the apartment.

However, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation overturned the decisions of the lower courts, recognizing the legitimate ownership of the buyer Polina Lurie. The court pointed out that Lurie's rights had been violated, and no grounds for invalidating the transaction had been established.

After the trial, information appeared in the media about the postponements and cancellations of the singer's concerts. In particular, it was reported that two weeks before Dolina's first performance in 2026 in Moscow, about 20% of tickets were sold. The artist's concert in St. Petersburg was postponed from February 25 to November 15.

The press service of the Bolshoi Concert Hall informed Izvestia that the date of the event was changed at the request of representatives of the artist herself.

In early January, Larisa Dolina left Russia and is currently on vacation in the UAE with her daughter and granddaughter.

What is the "Valley effect"?

The story of Larisa Dolina's apartment led to the so-called "Dolina effect", although the scheme of such scams is much broader. In legal practice, such cases are qualified as loss of ownership by a bona fide acquirer.

As a rule, such cases are based on problems with the seller or with previous transactions. Fraudsters create a situation in which the initial sale of a home can be challenged in court, which jeopardizes the rights of a subsequent buyer.

The mechanism works on the principle of a chain reaction: one defect in the history of the apartment is enough for the entire transaction to be declared invalid.

Among the most common risks, lawyers identify the sale of housing by an incapacitated person, when relatives subsequently challenge the deal in court, the appearance of previously undeclared heirs or former spouses who did not consent to the sale, as well as cases when the seller himself acted under pressure from fraudsters and subsequently disputes the deal.