‘Small’ privatizations – the sale of state assets that litter Ukraine 30 years after the collapse of communism – netted the government $61 million during the first half of this year.

This is four times the amount of the same January-June period last year, the State Property Fund writes on Facebook. Increasingly popular, the sales are online, are open to bidders from across the nation and are designed to put to productive use long dormant properties, largely real estate.