Ivan the Terrible's descendants claim the Kremlin was stolen. Sue to get their palace back.
The Russian state has been given a month by a court to prove it owns the Kremlin after descendants of Ivan the Terrible filed a lawsuit to stake their claim to the Moscow landmark.
The descendants of Rurik, a ninth century prince whose dynasty ruled until 1598, has argued that its ancestors built and lived in the 69-acre Kremlin complex and that it should now be returned to their ownership.
The problem for the state is that no official ownership of the Kremlin has ever been registered.
The fortress on the banks of the Moscow River dates from the end of the 15th century when Grand Prince Ivan III, a Rurik, renovated the complex.
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