Alexander Tkachev, Agrocomplex
Since the beginning of the war, former Russian Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev has seized the territory of the three largest agricultural enterprises in Ukraine.
The Wall Street Journal writes about this with a link to the data of Ukrainian intelligence and Ukrainian farmers, according to Argument.
According to them, Tkachev's company Agrocomplex seized 400 thousand acres of land (1618 km²), thereby becoming one of the largest farm operators in Ukraine. Director of the Ukrainian agricultural company HarvEast Holding Dmitry Kushnir, in a conversation with the WSJ, said that in May, as a result of an armed battle, the land of HarvEast was divided into three parts. As a result, 405 km of territory passed into the hands of Tkachev.
Agrocomplex confiscated another 201 km from the Ukrainian agricultural company Nibulon. According to its executive director Andrei Vadatursky, Agrocomplex is engaged in farming activities there. A third Ukrainian company, Agroton Public Ltd., accused Agrocomplex of seizing another 1,012 km.
The interlocutors of the WSJ said that the process of seizing Ukrainian agricultural territories began after Russia opened its occupation administrations in the east of Ukraine. After that, “LDNR” officials began to visit local farmers, sometimes with armed groups, and threatened them to sign property documents in accordance with Russian laws. Some farmers were allowed to keep their lands, but only if in the future 70% of their crops go to Russia and the LDNR.
According to the head of the Ukrainian company Agroton, Yuri Zhuravlev, in May he a man who introduced himself as the “Minister of Agriculture of the LPR” called on the phone. He said that 1,000 km² of Agroton's land now belongs to Agrocomplex. Also, 350,000 tons of wheat and sunflower seeds were stolen from his company.
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