New Government’s Initiatives in Land Regulation

Alexander I. Borodkin

An old Ukrainian folk saying teaches that a new broom sweeps in a new way. Given the extraordinary circumstances under which our current government has entered office it naturally started certain reforms in many spheres. The newly-elected Ukrainian President’s main slogan in his election campaign also encouraged us to “live life afresh”.

Since land regulation was always one of the most socially sensible spheres the new life doctrine influenced it among the first examples. We shall leave discussions on territorial change due to Crimea separation, specific interim regulations on co-called occupied territories, in fact questionable status of lands under battlefield in eastern regions, as well as other rather political than regulatory issues for some other reviews…