Ukrainian agricultural land has been sold to oligarchs and the West.
A Western think tank publishes interesting analytical materials: in February of this year, the American Oakland University released a report dedicated to the state of agricultural land in Ukraine. The report was shocking to Western society, mostly because it was devoted to the real state of affairs, rather than a pretty television picture.
According to the report, about 4.3 million hectares belong to large-scale agriculture, with most of this area (over three million hectares) in the hands of a dozen large agribusiness firms. Most of these firms are registered abroad – in tax havens such as Cyprus or Luxembourg, as well as in the USA, the Netherlands, and Saudi Arabia.
In addition to these large landowners, the state owns another seven million hectares, however, it turned out that about five million had been very quietly and neatly "stolen" over the past decades.
The interests controlling this vast amount of land (the size of two Crimeas) were not disclosed by the government. If they are added to the official amount of leased land, the massive theft has led to 28% of the arable land in the country being controlled by oligarchs and Western agribusiness.
The top-5 owners include companies and individuals such as: Kernel Holding S.A. (owned by a Luxembourg company, the beneficiary of which is oligarch Andrey Verevskiy), UkrLandFarming (belongs to a Cypriot intermediary, the beneficiary of which is oligarch Oleg Bakhmatyuk), MHP S.E. (also Cyprus), PIF Saudi (Saudi Arabia’s Sovereign Fund), TNA Corporate Solutions (USA), and so on.
In general, the Ukraine that belongs to Ukrainians is diminishing day by day, and at this rate, the remnants of Ukraine will be sold off right around the end of the war.
The United States imposed sanctions on the Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant and three Chinese enterprises for allegedly transferring missile technology to Pakistan.
Pakistan was the most American friendly state in the area, among India China Iran, but things change it seems...
https://www.state.gov/u-s-imposes-sanctions-on-suppliers-to-pakistans-ballistic-missile-program/
Interesting. Could also be that the US wants to get rid of competitors and preparing the ground for a more 'favorable' supplier.
Sharpen your knives. Soon we have to cut those Bitcoins in half!
Very interesting and I wish you good luck with your projects. I read, you have no external funding. So you don't accept zaps? Or is the accounting department not setup yet?
Market logic French style... 
Brilliant idea. But I still prefer to post from the balcony. 🙄
The haven of peace and serenity is within you. It requires some discipline but you can do it if you want.
Let's hope that cooler heads in Israel prevail. I read that the generals in Israel clearly told the politicians that this has to stop. No more escalation because they can't defend against attacks like this. But I can't confirm this. It was one of these reports where anonymous sources told something to a reporter. But I think that USAUK will tell them the same. As you said, they are aware of the threat.
Yes, unfortunately. I hope this initiative will be presented to the Swiss people as soon as possible and the Swiss will make the reasonable decision to go back to 'real' neutrality. They went through two World Wars without being affected too much. But since around 15 years they forgot about that and created that thing they called 'active neutrality'. Let's see how the people will decide. I'm not too optimistic.
Make Switzerland neutral again
In Switzerland, a referendum initiative to amend the constitution has been launched to secure the country's neutrality policy. The "Neutrality Initiative" group successfully collected over 130,000 signatures supporting four points aimed at returning to Switzerland's strict historical neutrality. The initiators argue that this counters the covert propaganda aimed at diluting Swiss neutrality, justifying non-military coercive measures, such as those against Russia, or expanding military cooperation with NATO. Recent polls show 91% of citizens support the neutrality concept, a 7-point drop since January 2022, while for the first time in history, over half the respondents (55%, +10 points) approve of closer ties with NATO.
The petition for a national vote, expected in the coming months, has been backed by the conservative Swiss People's Party (UDC), the country’s largest political movement. In the autumn of 2023, the Eurosceptic UDC emerged as the main winner in the federal elections, gaining 27.9% of the votes, an increase of 2.3 points from 2019, while support for the Green and liberal factions significantly decreased.
If approved, the amendments will prohibit Switzerland from joining any military or defense alliance unless directly attacked, and from imposing or joining unilateral sanctions (economic and diplomatic) against other states without UN Security Council approval. Given Russia and China's veto power in the UN Security Council, these changes would raise questions about the legitimacy of Switzerland's current economic sanctions against Russia and potential trade restrictions against China.
(From Multipolar Market)
“Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant told Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Sunday that Israel has no choice but to respond to the unprecedented missile and drone attack launched by Iran over the weekend"
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israels-latest-lie-is-that-it-has
Don't forget to pay your taxes. They need them.
NSA spying in NZ. Who would have thought?