Russia's Radical Farm Plot; New Privatization Plan Meets Resistance From Collectives From: The Washington Post | Date: January 25, 1992| Author: Margaret Shapiro | Copyright 1992 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Vladimir Plotnikov had few illusions but many hopes when he set out four years ago to bring private farming back to Russia.

That was before someone poured gasoline on the roof of his barn and burned it to the ground. It was before the local government denied him land on which to grow food for his pigs. And it was before the collective farm that leased him his tiny plot decided to break the contract and take everything back.

Now Plotnikov, the 48-year-old descendant of a Siberi...

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