Federal Law No. 435-FZ amending Federal Law No. 101-FZ on turnover of agricultural land. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Legislation Date 2010 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Agricultural land Expropriation Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Entry into force notes This Federal Law enters into force on 1 July 2011. Abstract Article 4 shall be amended to acquire a new wording: “Formation of a new land plot shall not be allowed if it is incorporated into irrigated agricultural land and (or) drained land if its area is less than minimum area set by regional authorities for irrigated and drained agricultural land”. Article 6 shall be amended to acquire a new wording: “Plot of agricultural land can be expropriated if it is used with violation of rational land use requirements entailing agricultural land fertility reduction of deterioration of ecological situation”. Full text Russian Website www.garant.ru References - Legislation Amends Federal Law No. 101-FZ on turnover of agricultural land. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2002 (2019) Keyword: Agricultural land, Land tenure, Ownership, Foreign land tenure, Public land, Expropriation, Smallholders/peasants Source: FAO, FAOLEX