Shortly after Russian tanks invaded eastern Ukraine, three of Ukraine’s largest farm-owned enterprises lost more than twice the area of US and New York City.

　Not robbed by the army. According to the country’s top farm management companies, all three cases were farmlands in the hands of a former Russian Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tokachov.

　According to these Ukrainian companies, Tokachov’s corporate Agro Complex has acquired land rights of approximately 400,000 acres （ approximately 1620 square kilometers ） and has become one of the largest farm management companies in Ukraine. According to a document confirmed by the Wall Street Journal （ WSJ ）, the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office and military and civilian intelligence agencies are investigating the expropriation of the land.

In the eastern region of Ukraine, which is under Russian occupation, Russia has moved to strengthen its control, pushing its currency and school curriculum to locals. At the same time, Russian oligarchs （ emerging conglomerates ） and companies with political ties are advancing into these new occupied territories in a discreet manner to make a profit.

　Dmitry Skorniakov CEO of Ukrainian agricultural corporation Harbeast Holding （ HarvEast Holding ） CEO （ is ） Russia is controlling the economy of the occupied territories and it is the whole region. He pointed out that 「 is helping to establish control.

　In May, there was a dispute over the land owned by Harbyst, including a Russian-backed local government and armed groups associated with the Agro Complex, Skorniakov said. I told you what I heard from the farm workers. The workers said they were firing in the air.

　In a story that Mr. Skorniakov heard from the workers, the land in Harbeest was eventually divided into three parts, and 100,000 acres of land owned or rented in Donetsk were handed over to the Agro Complex.

　According to Andrey Wadatursky （ Andriy Vadatursky ）, CEO of another Ukrainian farm-owned company, the company lost 50,000 acres of land due to foreclosure. He said the Agro Complex is currently using the land as farmland.

　A third Ukrainian company, Agroton Public, accused Agro Complex of robbing the company of 250,000 acres of land.I repeatedly sent emails to the Agro Complex for comments and called, but there was no answer. I have not been contacted with Mr. Tokachov.

　Expropriation could put a significant portion of the world’s largest grain-producing land under Russian control. These moves will lead to Russia’s economic influence expanding in the world. This is especially true in developing countries, which have long relied on Ukraine and Russia for edible grains.

　In a October conference call, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was possible to transfer the assets of the region controlled by Russia to Russian jurisdiction. The Cheong Wa Dae responded to the question by email, saying that the eastern part of Ukraine is now part of Russia, noting that farm owners can claim their rights under Russian law.

　Land expropriation begins shortly after Russia establishes a pro-Russian civil government agency in the control region of eastern Ukraine and is consistently organized. Ukrainian intelligence agencies, executives of agricultural companies, and workers witnessing such actions were revealed.

　The first to lose land was the owner of a Ukrainian military service or government service, or the owner of a region outside the region.

　First of all, there was a visit by people involved with the Donetsk People’s Republic or the Lugansk People’s Republic. The two republics were established by the pro-Russian separatists when they seized part of Ukraine in 2014. The Russian army, which invaded Ukraine, expanded the territory of the proxy government from around March. The Russian government has since claimed that the region is part of Russia.

　People involved with the People’s Republic of Donetsk and the People’s Republic of Lugansk, when they carried guns and visited farmland in groups, and delivered a message with 「, who will now be in command of 」.

　Farmers were also threatened if they did not continue to work. Persons involved with the Republic urged Ukrainian landowners to occasionally rewrite contracts containing deeds while sticking guns and complying with Russian law rather than Ukrainian law. People who knew this process revealed.