Inviting a national debate over the government bill

Inviting a national debate over the government bill, Zelenskiy noted that farmland markets are not allowed in “North Korea, Tajikistan, Venezuela, Cuba, and Congo.” By contrast, he said: “In other countries of the world, in neighboring Poland and Belarus, in Germany, France, Italy, Canada, the USA, Japan, Israel, and China, land markets exist.” Zelenskiy charged that for 20 years politicians have manipulated the issue. “Old politicians scared ordinary people, sowed a number of myths in their heads,” the 41-year-old president said. “Perhaps they are lobbying for someone’s interests, those for whom it is advantageous for Ukrainians not to own the land.”