Corporations didn't invade Ukraine (twice), Russia did.
Sure. Successful commercial relationships have always led to peace, right? Just ask the Soviet Union on the 23rd of June 1941.
Polish farmers HAD been blocking access to Ukraine, because Russia's invasion of Ukraine disrupted normal exports to the rest of the world. So, the EU opened up access to the common market for Ukrainian grain and other agricultural products and waived the usual tariffs and quotas on their goods.
The arrival of Ukrainian produce at depressed prices - thanks again to the war that Russia started - disputed the agricultural markets in Central Europe. Not only in Poland, but also Hungary, Lithuania, Solvakia, Romania and Bulgaria.
On top of this, the fact that Ukrainian grain was headed westward on rail, road and water links displaced the grain of other producers - which meant that farmers in these countries were doubly disadvantaged because they were unable to export their products westward as well.
It's Blackrock and Vanguard taking advantage of Ukraine's situation. From the video, I deleted linked here if curious. Polish Farmers
Amidst Chaos of War, A New Report Exposes the Stealth Take-over of Ukrainian Agricultural Land
One year into the war, a new report reveals how oligarchs and financial interests are expanding control over Ukraine's agricultural landwww.oaklandinstitute.org
That video is just chock full of disinformation and some blatant falsehoods.
1) The mainstream media has been covering this - the first page of Google turns up Polish farmers protests from Reuters, AP, BBC, DW, PBS, The Guardian, AFP, Le Monde, Politico, CNN and MSNBC. There are also stories about the Ukraine/Blackrock investment fund agreement.
2) NGOs are not Blackrock and Vanguard. Poland has been having a back and forth with several NGOs, not major private equity firms.
3) Blackrock/Vanguard and other "western investors" haven't purchased any significant stakes in Ukrainian agricultural production, and they're not "furious". Since the start of the war less than 1% of Ukrainian agricultural land has swapped ownership, and none of that has been to foreign buyers - because that would be illegal under Ukrainian law.
"Ukraine’s Land Act states in its article 1 that “land is the prime national asset and is under the special protection of the state.”
According to the law agricultural land in the country can be owned only by Ukrainian citizens, companies whose ownership is wholly in the hands of Ukrainian citizens, as well as by local councils and the state.
Article 130 prohibits foreign citizens, stateless persons or legal entities from acquiring shares in companies or being members on organisations that own agricultural land."
Source: PolitiCheck: GMOs, Ukraine and ‘US-owned land’Full text (in Ukrainian and Englsih) of the Ukrainian Land Act: https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/acc_e/ukr_e/wtaccukr88_leg_1.pdf
Land ownership is also addressed in the Ukrainian constitution, the wording of which would bar foreign ownership:
Article 14
The right of property to land is guaranteed. This right is acquired and realised by citizens, legal persons and the State, exclusively in accordance with the law.
The right of property to land is guaranteed. This right is acquired and realised by citizens, legal persons and the State, exclusively in accordance with the law.
@Laodicean60 Do you do any fact checking of your sources when you post a video, or are you just mired an Alex Jones inspired view of the world? Seriously, this stuff is so easy to check yourself.
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