Regional Law No. 79-OZ on turnover of agricultural land. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Tver Document type Legislation Date 2003 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Agricultural land Drainage/land reclamation Land tenure Ownership Public land Expropriation Smallholders/peasants 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 The Regional Law enters into force a month after the date of its official publication. Abstract The present Regional Law regulates relations in the sphere of turnover of the plots of agricultural land and shares in common property on the plots of agricultural land. Minimum area of the newly formed parcels of agricultural land except for artificially irrigated and (or) drained land shall be of 0, 5 hectares (art. 1). The terms and conditions of privatization of agricultural land shall be established by the regional legislation (art. 2). In case of expropriation of a plot of agricultural land it cannot be allocated to private ownership but must be purchased by the regional or municipal authorities (art. 3). In case of improper land tenure of agricultural land entailing environmental damage and deterioration of land the regional administration shall file a lawsuit on expropriation of the plot of land in question (art. 7). Full text Russian References - Legislation Implements 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 Amended by Regional Law No. 07-ZO amending Regional Law No. 79-OZ on turnover of agricultural land. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2004 Keyword: Agricultural land, Size Source: FAO, FAOLEX