Memory Issues After the Tragedy
According to Storozhev, the tragedy occurred in 2017 when Svetlana's younger son, with whom she lived, was killed. This event caused her serious memory and orientation problems.“She could leave the house not recognizing people and would get lost. At that time, her older son—my father-in-law—was still alive, and he quit his job to take care of her,” Andrey recounts.
Storozhev and his family visited their grandmother from time to time, while her middle son lived in Uzbekistan.
“One time, when we arrived, we saw a couple picking apples in her garden. At first, we thought they were hired to harvest. However, we later found out that my father-in-law and grandmother had rented the garden to neighbors because our family didn’t need that many apples. These neighbors began to frequently interact with grandmother,” he shares.
Care with Consequences
In 2021, Storozhev's father-in-law passed away. At the funeral, neighbors offered their help and expressed condolences.“My wife was in the late stages of pregnancy, and 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 were lucky to have kind neighbors,” Andrey recalls.
When the family came to observe the ninth day of mourning for the deceased, the grandmother, not recognizing them, ran out into the yard and shouted, 'Who are you? What do you want?' I asked my wife to stay and calm her down. She managed to soothe grandmother a bit, but she still did not recognize either her or me,” he recounts.
We were shocked by grandmother's condition. She did not know us, but the aggression had subsided. The neighbors said everything was fine and that they were looking after her.Storozhev claims that after his father-in-law's death, the neighbors entered into a lifetime care agreement with grandmother, which the relatives did not learn about immediately.
“Grandmother had a house in the dacha community 'Optimist' in Cholpon-Ata, as well as another dacha plot and a three-room apartment. She also rented out her deceased father-in-law's house on Issyk-Kul. We learned about what was happening from the tenants. One of them reported that the neighbors took furniture from grandmother, and the tenant of the apartment said that they were trying to evict her,” explains Storozhev.
According to Storozhev, just a week after signing the contract, the ownership of Prokofyeva's apartment was transferred to the neighbors. Grandmother continued to not recognize her relatives.
“We called her son from Uzbekistan, who was the only one alive among her three children. He recognized grandmother, despite not having seen her for a long time, and helped to get her back from the neighbors,” he adds.
Upon the arrival of grandmother's son, the neighbors terminated the lifetime care agreement and returned the apartment.
Long Legal Battles
“After the termination of the agreement, the neighbors filed a lawsuit against grandmother for 150,000 soms, claiming they purchased five dacha plots from her and paid twice—first 250,000, then 150,000. They have already resold one plot. In court, they stated that grandmother owed 150,000 for unregistered plots. The court granted the claim despite the absence of notarized documents,” says Storozhev.Following this, another lawsuit was filed to evict the Storozhev family from the house in the dacha community 'Optimist,' where they live with grandmother. It turned out that this house was also transferred to the same neighbors.
The legal process has been ongoing for five years. During this time, grandmother underwent two forensic psychiatric examinations. In 2024, she was officially diagnosed with dementia due to Alzheimer's disease, which was confirmed by other doctors in 2025.
“I appealed to the police and the prosecutor's office, but received a response stating that there was no crime. Despite the fact that two examinations confirmed that grandmother's dementia began developing back in 2015-2017, all transactions involving her property were made in 2021,” he laments.
The Issyk-Kul District Court declared Prokofyeva incompetent, and therefore she could not engage in transactions. However, the Issyk-Kul Regional Court overturned this decision, 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 are told that at the time of the transactions, there was no psychiatric conclusion. Should we have known in advance that grandmother would be deceived? The twice-confirmed diagnosis indicates that the disease began in 2015-2017,” he adds.
Storozhev again appealed to President Sadyr Japarov and Chairman of the State Committee for National Security Kamchybek Tashiev, urging them to take control of the situation.
“My family risks being left without a home. I ask you to assist in the fair consideration of the case and the issuance of a just decision,” he concluded.
