Ukraine

Plusieurs milliers de personnes, des fermiers mais aussi des militants nationalistes, se sont rassemblées à Kiev pour dénoncer un projet de loi visant à autoriser la vente des terres agricoles fertiles du pays.

So far dozens have been arrested with one reported fatality among the protestors.

Ukrainians are concerned that cash-flush foreigners could snap up one of Ukraine’s agricultural lands, leaving many of the country’s 41 million people forced to work for others on the soil they once owned.

Open letter to the heads of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Los extranjeros podrán canjear tierras prioritarias, que sus empresas ya alquilan actualmente. Alrededor de tres millones de hectáreas de 42 millones están afectadas por esto

"The World Bank Group congratulates the Ukrainian Leadership on the successful first reading of the law to lift the moratorium on agricultural land sales," the Bank said in a statement on Facebook

La Unión Europea (UE) expresó su apoyo a la iniciativa del Gobierno ucraniano para levantar la prohibición de la venta de tierras a los extranjeros.

Parmi les mesures que Volodymyr Zelensky veut faire passer pour « relancer l’économie » de l’Ukraine, la levée du moratoire sur la vente des terres agricoles pourrait se transformer en désastre digne des années qui ont suivi la chute de l’URSS.

If we are to take the matter of quid pro quos seriously, we should take the measure of over US$20 billion of aid forcing Ukraine to privatize its land and its economy for the profit of a few Western interests.

Ukrainian lawmakers voted on Wednesday to remove a ban on the sale of farmland for the first time in nearly two decades, a move supported by the country’s foreign backers that risks a political backlash.

Le président ukrainien Volodimir Zelenski a déclaré lundi que le projet gouvernemental de vente des terres agricoles du pays à des investisseurs étrangers, auquel s'oppose la majorité de la population, serait tranché par référendum.

The President of Ukraine, in a video address to the nation, said that the issue of farmland sales to foreigners and companies founded by foreigners will be submitted to an all-Ukrainian referendum.