The effect of the land reform regulations for the Ukrainian market After the land market law was adopted in the first reading, more than 4,000 amendments were submitted by MPs to this six-page law. The Ukrainian parliament had to vote on...
The team of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has awoken Ukraine’s sleeping volcano: the land market. There is no other reform in the country which is more controversial. Every politician knows that attempts to change the current land...
On 13 November, Ukraine’s parliament adopted at the first reading a bill on opening the land market, ending a moratorium that had been in place since 2001. It was adopted with 240 votes, 227 of which were from President...
This mixed performance is the reason why FDI inflows amounted to less than 2% of GDP in 2017; a low value in regional comparison. The latest developments in reform policy are not very promising. The speed of reforms has slowed down; partly...
2016-2017 saw Ukrainian farmers sink beneath the pressure and strength of property raiders. Law-enforcement officials have been unable to protect businesses and sometimes even help the criminals. How can farmers protect themselves?...
Ban on sale of agricultural land in Ukraine Ukraine does not have a functional market for agricultural land Ukraine imposed a ban on sale of agricultural land, a moratorium, impacting most private plots and all state agricultural...
Putin’s goals and philosophy Sławomir Sierakowski: What is Putin’s ultimate goal in this war? Timothy Snyder: That’s no big secret: to destroy Ukraine as a state and exterminate Ukrainians as a nation. I’d...
