Thursday, February 16, 2023

Ukraine Privatization

You might be curious how the distribution of state-owned property was accomplished after the rejection of "communism" in eastern Europe in 1991. After all, there was no private ownership of property in the Soviet Socialistic Republics. The property couldn't be returned to the owners of it before the Bolshevik revolution. There seems to be little record of how the countries were divided up. In the case of Ukraine there's this: 

Private Property

Ukraine has no laws or decrees governing the restitution of private property, nor has the government made any proposals in this regard. 

The progressive Oakland Institute has its own description of the process. 


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