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.
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Reuters: Ukrainian lawmakers vote to lift ban on sale of farmland by 2020
A man passes the rally against the adoption of a bill on the creation of the Ukrainian land market near Verkhovna Rada on Nov. 12, 2019. Ukraine's new government would allow the sale of farmland from next year to boost investment, as critics warned this could lead to a foreign land grab. The former Soviet country, whose stalling economy has been propped up by Western aid in recent years, is home to some of the largest swathes of cultivated land in Europe.
