the thing is zelinski is not looking at these shell companies. a ukrainian is supposed to own 51% of the company that owns the farm. i think they also do like 99 year leases. good info here   w-report-take-over-ukrainian-agricu ltural-land the total amount of land controlled by oligarchs, corrupt individuals, and large agribusinesses is over nine million hectares  exceeding 28 percent of ukraines arable land. 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. prominent us pension funds, foundations, and university endowments are invested through nch capital, a us-based private equity fund. several agribusinesses, still largely controlled by oligarchs, have opened up to western banks and investment funds  including prominent ones such as kopernik, bnp, or vanguard  who now control part of their shares. most of the large landholders are substantially indebted to western funds and institutions, notably the european bank for reconstruction and development (ebrd) and the world bank. western financing to ukraine in recent years has been tied to a drastic structural adjustment program that has required austerity and privatization measures, including the creation of a land market for the sale of agricultural land. 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. findings of the report concur with these concerns.
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