Ukraine sues Denmark over former Soviet embassy
Embassy grounds in Copenhagen have become part of a dispute about the remains of the Soviet Union.
The Ukraine wants part of the grounds, but Denmark has already registered them in Russia's name, so the
Ukrainian Embassy has now brought cases against two Danish land registry judges and the Foreign Ministry in the Eastern
High Court.
The Ukraine does not believe Denmark can allow itself to pass all assets from the Soviet era to Russia, but the
junior counsel representing the Danish state rejects this:
"We consider Russia to be the only successor state to the Soviet Union," Junior Counsel Peter Biering says,
pointing out that Russia took over all the Soviet Union's international commitments, debts and assets when the
union was split into several nations.
The Danish-Ukrainian row began in October 2000, when land registry judges in Copenhagen City Court and Gentofte
registered Russia as the new legal owner of a number of grounds formerly belonging to the Soviet Union.
The uses of the grounds included ambassadors' residences and commercial offices.
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