off-guardian.org
“Despite being at the centre of news cycle and international policy, little attention has gone to the core of the conflict — who controls the agricultural land in the country known as the breadbasket of Europe. [The] Answer to this question is paramount to understanding the major stakes in the war.”
The report shows the total amount of land controlled by oligarchs, corrupt individuals and large agribusinesses is over nine million hectares — exceeding 28% of Ukraine’s arable land (the rest is used by over eight million Ukrainian farmers).
The largest landholders are a mix of Ukrainian oligarchs and foreign interests — mostly European and North American as well as the sovereign fund of Saudi Arabia. A number of large US pension funds, foundations and university endowments are also invested in Ukrainian land through NCH Capital – a US-based private equity fund, which is the fifth largest landholder in the country.
President Zelenskyy put the land reform into law in 2020 against the will of the vast majority of the population who feared it would exacerbate corruption and reinforce control by powerful interests in the agricultural sector.
To paraphrase something I heard a long time ago. "Wars are for the little people to fight and the rich to get richer".
It's happening in spades here.
I have to wonder what else Zelensky has done that reeks to high heaven but is being ignored.
The worst thing?
At least Ukraine has a war to blame for this nonsense. The Biden admin is going after farmers here in the US and I believe (have nothing to point to) they're doing the same in other countries too.
I never really believed in the great reset, but yeah I get it now. They really do want us eating bugs. Fortunately I'll probably be dead by the time they get close to making it happen but who would have every thought we'd be on this piece of road.
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