The District Court of Nicosia in Cyprus has granted a worldwide freezing order against Ukrainian agricultural tycoon Oleh Bakhmatyuk for $79.4 million.
- Kyiv Independent
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29 September 2022
Film maker Gabriela Cowperthwaite uncovers a massive global scheme to gobble up resources, pairing with the Center for Investigative Reporting to bring these shadowy operations to light.
- Variety
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08 September 2022
La reciente Conferencia sobre la Recuperación en Ucrania recomendó una batería de medidas de desregulación y privatización que proponen incluso eliminar restricciones sobre la venta de suelo agrícola, en el llamado "granero" de Europa, a corporaciones extranjeras
- La Vanguardia
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04 September 2022
A claim circulating on social media that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has sold off 17 million hectares of farmland to US corporations is baseless.
Other countries should be careful about allowing sales of farmland to hostile powers.
Agrogeneration, l'agrobusiness detenu par un fonds de capital-investissement américain et le français Charles Beigbeder, ne peut pas cultiver plus de 45 % de ses terres agricoles en Ukraine
The Ministry of Agrarian policy and Food of Ukraine reports that 89 832 agreements are closed within the framework of market of land, since the land market was opened in July 2021.
- Ukraine Government
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04 February 2022
The EU is trying to move soya production from Brazil to eastern Europe where big conglomerates are buying up fertile land in the country, depleting soils, planting illegal GMOs and polluting fresh water sources.
- Open Democracy
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14 October 2021
New food security alliances discussed during H.E Mariam Almheiri's visit to Ukraine following updates to legislation on foreign agricultural investment
Whether foreigners should be allowed to buy land is one of the bones of contention surrounding the reform, with more than 80 percent of Ukrainians opposed to it.
In the country known as the “breadbasket of Europe,” agriculture has been dominated by oligarchs and multinational corporations since the privatization of state-owned land following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Will this change, now that a controversial law to create a land market entered into effect on July 1, 2021?
- Oakland Institute
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06 August 2021
Le moratoire qui interdit la vente des terres agricoles est levé en Ukraine mais les conséquences restent encore floues.
- Courrier d'Europe Centrale
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08 July 2021