Memory Problems After the Tragedy
In 2017, Svetlana witnessed the tragic death of her younger son, with whom she lived. This incident had a significant impact on her mental state, and soon she began to experience considerable problems with memory and orientation.“She could leave the house not recognizing people and getting lost. During this time, her older son, my father-in-law, left his job to take care of her,” says Storozhev.
Storozhev and his family periodically visited Svetlana, while her middle son lived in Uzbekistan.
“During one of our visits, we noticed a couple picking apples in her garden. We thought they were hired for this work. However, we later found out that my father-in-law and grandmother had rented the garden to neighbors, as we didn’t need that many apples,” shares Storozhev.
Care That Turned Into Problems
In 2021, Storozhev's father-in-law passed away. At the funeral, neighbors expressed their condolences and offered help.“My wife was in the last months of pregnancy. They said, ‘Don’t worry, we understand, you have work, your wife will give birth soon. We will take care of the garden and grandmother.’ We thought we had good neighbors,” he recalls.
However, when Storozhev and his family arrived at grandmother's house on the ninth day after the death of his father-in-law, Svetlana greeted them with aggression: “Who are you? What are you doing here?” She did not recognize anyone, and they had to calm her down. His wife managed to soothe grandmother a little, but she still did not recognize either her or him.
We were shocked by her condition. She did not recognize us, but the aggression subsided. The neighbors assured us that everything was fine, they were taking care of her.After the death of his father-in-law, the neighbors arranged a lifelong maintenance contract with grandmother, which the relatives did not learn about right away.
Svetlana owned a house in the dacha community "Optimist" in Cholpon-Ata, as well as a second dacha plot and a three-room apartment. Additionally, she rented out her deceased father-in-law's house on Issyk-Kul. The relatives learned about what was happening from the tenants, who reported that the neighbors had removed furniture from the house and were trying to evict the tenant from the apartment.
According to Storozhev, just a week after signing the lifelong maintenance contract, the ownership of the apartment was transferred to the neighbors, and Svetlana continued to not recognize either her granddaughter or her husband.
“We decided to call her son from Uzbekistan, he is the only surviving child out of three. He recognized grandmother, although they hadn’t seen each other for a long time, and helped her return from the neighbors,” adds Storozhev.
After the son's arrival, the neighbors terminated the contract and returned the apartment.
Long Legal Disputes
“After the termination of the contract, the neighbors filed a lawsuit against grandmother for 150,000 soms, claiming that they bought five dacha plots from her and paid twice - 250,000 and 150,000. They have already resold one plot. In court, they stated that grandmother owed them 150,000, as not all plots were formalized. The court, despite the absence of notarized documents, satisfied their claim,” says Storozhev.Then a new lawsuit followed for the eviction of the Storozhev family from their house in the dacha settlement "Optimist," which also turned out to be transferred to the same neighbors.
The legal disputes have been ongoing for five years. During this time, Svetlana underwent a forensic psychiatric examination twice. In 2024, she was diagnosed with dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease. In 2025, this diagnosis was confirmed by other specialists.
“I appealed to the police and the prosecutor's office, but I was told that there was no crime. Although two examinations confirm that grandmother's dementia began to develop in 2015-2017, and all transactions with the property occurred in 2021,” he complains.
The Issyk-Kul District Court recognized Svetlana as incapacitated, which meant she could not make transactions. However, this decision was overturned by the Issyk-Kul Regional Court, and the Supreme Court sent the case for reconsideration. A Supreme Court hearing is scheduled for January 26 without the participation of the parties.
“In court, we were told that there was no psychiatric conclusion at the time of the transactions. Should we have known in advance that grandmother would be deceived in such a state? The twice-confirmed diagnosis indicates that the disease began in 2015-2017,” Storozhev exclaims.
Storozhev again appeals to President Sadyr Japarov and GKNB Chairman Kamchybek Tashiev to take control of the situation.
“Our family may be left without a home. I ask you to help in the fair consideration of the case,” he adds.
