Ukrainian parliamentarians have adopted in its first reading a draft bill aimed at removing a moratorium in place for over 18 years on selling agricultural land. The move has long been advocated by human rights groups, and made imperative by a recent European Court of Human Rights judgement against Ukraine, however President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk are probably more interested in the support the move has received from foreign investors and the international community.
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Halya Coynash: Ukraine removes moratorium on sale of land
A farmer reaps grain in combine harvesters on land near Zhovtneve village, in the region of Chernigov, some 220km north of Kyiv on Aug. 11, 2009.
