Russian Duma Approves Sale Of Farmland

18 May 2002 - 11:00am

Sale of farmland would be largest change ever to Russia's post-1917 property laws.

"The State Duma approved in first reading Thursday a government-backed bill allowing the sale of farmland." "The vote marks one of Russia's most radical steps to liberalize the economy since the collapse of the Soviet Union."

Source: Moscow Times, October 7, 2005
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