AIBU to refuse inheritance so my estranged father cannot benefit?

How "imminent" is your grandmother's death? I'd carry on refusing the gift and take more time to explain why to her.

I'm estranged from my father, so I understand not wanting yours to inherit anything.

Isn’t there a war on that Russia is involved in?

I imagine almost every part of daily life is affected in Russia and while I too live in the USA I wouldn’t feel comfortable traveling there.

I wonder if assets are affected. Or say, if you did sell the property and then tried to transfer the proceeds to America - would Russia place a hold on them or a large tax? I don’t know. I imagine things change very quickly in Russia.

Oh yeah - we’re in a stupid and unnecessary war too. At least no other country is cooperating with us - to Trump’s embarrassment and our humour.
It isn’t funny - but we’re still laughing at that fat bastard.
And our petrol prices are through the roof.
Thanks, Donald.

I hope whatever you decide to do it sits well with you, @Kate8889

What law?

I've never heard of such a thing !

Sell the cabin, get the money out of Russia so that he can't inherit. Unless it's truely to stressful to fly their right now.

Accept it and blow the lot? Holidays, live the high life. If loads of money, Then give to friends and charities?

OP, what happens if you don’t physically turn up to accept the inheritance and, essentially, refuse it after her death?

Half my family are Russians in Russia, so I’m well aware of the issues.

Most Russians needing to get around the sanctions utilize crypto, transfer via a middleman country, or use a non-sanctioned bank. Certainly it’s a pain in the ass, and only OP can decide whether it’s worth it or not.

I haven’t used the service offered on the site myself, but I know people who have. They handle sorting out a p.o.a within Russia to deal with the bureaucracy - the filing and receiving the certificate of right to inheritance, for example. They also advise you on how best to proceed once that is obtained.

It’s not binding on Russian courts. They can control what happens to any assets in Russia.

Yeah, that last part is probably a teensy bit illegal. And the way things are going the last thing I think I'd try to do (even as a US citizen) is try to smuggle anything into the US.

Just for shits and giggles I took a look. You can do a wire transfer from Estonia to the US in excess of 10k, although it rings all sorts of bells and you get asked questions and may have to prove you aren't money laundering. And the fact that it would be of Russian origin might complicate things. Not sure about the tax situation though. I know inheritances aren't generally taxable depending on the amount.

Maybe you'd be better off buying a crazy expensive diamond necklace and then auctioning it here. You'd lose import fees & have to pay tax on the auction, but you'd still be money ahead lol. OK, now I'm just being ridiculous.

Seriously, if Granma won't consider anything other than leaving it to you and you really can't stop her, is there any family or anyone still in Russia that you'd want to 'gift' it to? Or you could gift it to your mum? You wouldn't benefit from it, but at least your father wouldn't get his mitts on it.

Just saw your post. Would it be bureaucratic hell to gift it to someone still resident in Russia (if there is anyone)?

Have you said "You know Grandma, if you leave the house to me my dad will end up with 1/4 of it if I should die before he does. Are you sure you want that to happen?

Would you be getting anything except the cabin?
Clearly, if she's offended, you didn't phrase it well.
Maybe you should see if a lawyer would have a better suggestion.
What mystifies me is how your father would inherit from you, as if you have no right to a will of your own.

I would hazard, the thread.

Get a friend to help and set up a pulley system to Narva castle. No one will suspect a thing!

Or maybe don’t. Idk maybe just move on from the whole lot of them?

Because she’s not asking a legal question.

She has answered this, yes, she has a condition that could take 20yrs off her life.

Accept it then donate it to a Russian charity?

That's mad. Are you so ill or something that you expect him to outlive you?

Could you not simply accept it with grace, then gift it to your mother?

@Kate8889

I'm curious as to why, now that you've said you'd prefer it, she doesn't want to will it to your mother.

I'm in the US and just took a 'Google' at transferring money from Russia to the US. UGH! What a nightmare of red tape in both countries! Someone suggested (if you have Russian citizenship) transferring the money to a bank in a third country to get it out of Russia, but I don't know if that would actually work. And that wouldn't get you out of the US red tape (and taxes).

Although with that Dipshit we have in the WH now, moving money out of Russia may not be as hard as it once was. s/

Sorry I have just seen this. My father died in Spain so everything came under Spanish law.

You live in the UK. Write a will. Thats what’s legally binding.

I think maybe it’s hard for us to advise when we know very little of the law or the culture re inheritance. I’m sorry your dad treated you so poorly though.

Edited as question was answered but jeez, I thought wills were wills. However know in scotland you technically can't disinherit a child.