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fill vacancies in the defense forces and provide consultations, umerov added that currently five recruiters work in the center, some of them have already served in the army, some came from the it field. well, let's hope that a similar lviv initiative will be spread to other regional centers of ukraine. in the meantime, the council failed the government bill on restarting the bureau of economic security, and we will not only talk about this with andrii dubas, president of the association of ukrainian banks. mr. andriy. congratulations, congratulations, glory to ukraine, glory to the heroes, so the council did not vote, yes, did not gather enough votes to consider the government bill on the reform of the ministry of defense. we know that business also had certain comments, and not only business, g7 ambassadors also expressed their concerns. what do you think will be the future fate of the bep reform, will there still be some alternative draft law regarding the reform of this institution, and how do you think it should look like. process, well

there are already alternative draft laws, as far as i know, there are two such alternative draft laws, and one of the alternative draft laws is supported by many business associations there, so the question today is as follows, you know, here rather it is not about the text of the draft law, but about approaches or principles, i.e. ukraine's obligations to the international community are clearly defined, for example by formation of certain organs. first of all, if we are talking about the bureau of economic security and about reforming this body, then it should be, in particular this the possibility of re-certification, for example, of current employees, and there the dismissal of the head of the bep only after an audit, the appointment of the head of the bep through a transparent competition, these are such, you know, well, they are banal rules that work in civilized countries of the world, and i would really like such an important the institution... which

was created relatively recently, nevertheless, was also guided by these principles when reforming or about change when changing its approaches, and today these two draft laws, well, such basic ones, there are generally three of them, the governmental and two alternatives, they are discussed both in the committee on finance, tax and customs policy, and in society, and it is very good that, for example, organizations such as business communities still have their voice. and they can say, because they are actually hostages of this process, if the bureau of economic security will work to create obstacles, i say so conditionally, yes, of course, that no business and attracting additional investments, development of the economy in ukraine with the help of business investments can not be expected, so what they expressed their position, the fact that this position was heard by such key international partners as the g7 and including them, i

think that this issue was brought to our authorities as well, so there will most likely be a compromise, and those principles , and i draw your attention, there are many of those approaches indicated in the program with... the international monetary fund, and this is, you know, our reference point, as it were, an indicator, on which today we even feel this temporary irregularity of financial assistance, which affects the markets, i think we will talk about it in to the next question, yes, mr. andriy, well , i would just like to ask you in general what model would be acceptable for business, because we understand that business is actually extremely different in our country, different businessmen try to solve their business in different ways. question, yes, and some such businessmen should be put in prison, for example, yes, because there are violations, on the other hand, we are against giving nightmares to law enforcement officers, good, transparent, normal businessmen who work according to the law and must mold

some such model, so that it is effective on the one hand, and on the other hand, so that the bep does not turn into the obhss, of soviet times, which fought, you know, with fartsovshchikas. and speculators, there is already some kind of normal effective model, maybe it works somewhere in poland or mexico, or i don’t know there , gentlemen, in nigeria, well, but such things work somewhere, well, we understand, in the states there are specifics, well, but ukraine has not yet reached such heights in the struggle, there are such and such approaches, mr. antin, and you in this case and you are absolutely right, these are the principles of transparency and control, that is, if the body will be both the head of this body and the employees. body will understand that they will have to report on their work, that in order to be appointed to one or another position they will need to go through a transparent, open competition, then of course that will give results, nothing else has been invented in civilized countries so far , that is, if on the other hand, for example, this

manager is conditional, or, for example, the employees of a certain such body will be appointed on call, we know such a phrase, vertebrates. so on the bell from above, then of course that the risk, we are not saying that it is bad, but the risk that the person can then carry out some custom stories, as you said, for example, against one business in favor of another business, this risk with appears, and therefore transparency, openness creates rules, creates observance of rules by all parties, and then everyone wins. mr. andrii, we would like to discuss a rather unpleasant trend with you. in relation to the mood of ukrainians with our economy, so ukrainians started less believe in the improvement of the economic situation, at least the data of the survey of the razumkov center for january 24th testify to this, but we would like to talk with you about the prospects of our economy this year,

because currently no aid is coming to us from the united states, because it is blocked let's hope that the consideration of the draft law will be unblocked in the near future, but we have not yet received... the tranche from the european union, which is also important, what are the prospects of our economic situation, our prospects, i have such restrained optimism about the prospects, i would say such an important phrase, regarding the results of the survey, see, first, these, this survey was carried out in january of the 24th year, that is, it literally ended there two weeks ago, we are all living today. sentiment that, for example, the united states of america and their, their parliament should have voted for a package of military and financial aid in december, if not even in november of the 23rd year. violation of this rhythm created certain panicky moods.

we have seen with you and more than once on the air of your espresso channel we talked about why before in the new year , the dollar began to grow faster in ukraine, for example, in relation to the hryvnia, this affects everything. the perception and reaction of ukrainians to these events, when one european country, i don't want to name it, blocks, for example, such a powerful macro-financial aid package as 50 billion euros, this also all harms this, you know, sense of perspective and stability, this is me said so about the negative side of this process, now i will say about the positive side, look, the issue is shifting , first of all, in the european union we we know that... that the support package has already been voted on and there is just such a time delay, the first tranche, i think, will come to us in march, this is not yet critical for ukraine, this is not yet a critical situation in ukraine, ee regarding

the support package itself, but i can say that in ukraine, we still have a margin of safety and we still have gold and currency reserves. certain incomes are additional from the budget, while, on the other hand, there is no need to abuse this either, because we do not have this margin of safety inexhaustible, well, it is not, it is not without limitless. therefore, we now have more, let's say so, positive things about the european union, because after all , the package was voted, and we will very much hope that the united states, especially in terms of military aid, will take its next step. thank you, mr. andriy, andriy dubas, president of the ukrainian banks association, was in the press, they talked about our economic outlook for this year, and about the reform of the economic security bureau. i would like to remind you that the government's bill on the restart of bep failed in the council and we are waiting for its submission. alternative draft laws that will suit both business and, in fact, all the warnings of the g7 ambassadors

will also be taken into account, meanwhile , they have already published a test agreement with denmark on cooperation in the field of security and on long-term support, such a detailed block on supporting ukraine in further countering russian armed aggression, cooperation in the field of military intelligence and security and cybersecurity, there is also a block on european and euro-atlantic. grace and other things, and the agreement established support for the development of the naval fleet of ukraine, efforts with demining, as well as the provision of high-tech military assistance , well, there are 62 items, so read, not re-read, but you will have to read, analyze carefully, in general, this is the whole pool of large , huge documents that we have already accepted, well, it is very good that we have accepted but do we need to understand, yes, their architecture, now we will go to a break in four minutes. we're going back to the espresso studio, so stay with us, stay with us in our company for literally another

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the information day of the tv channel continues, so what are we adding to our marathon now? kostyantyn zhivaga , entrepreneur , philanthropist. by japan glory to ukraine, mr. kostyantyn, we congratulate you, glory to the hero, marta antin and the tv viewers, i congratulate you, well, what, important news, that is, we are talking about ukrainian-polish relations, we are talking about american-ukrainian relations, i don't know about ukrainian there european and german relations, here it turned out, well , extremely characteristic news and somehow undeservedly unnoticed, so japan became the largest donor of financial support for ukraine in the 24th year, in general in the first quarter, it is expected that this will help us to get well 2.2 billions of dollars, i.e. japan

enters a serious game, wanted. would you like to ask what can be connected with such financial activation, donor activation of japan? antin, thank you for the question, actually this question has a very simple answer, because japan is a very responsible country, the japanese government is a very responsible government, it makes decisions in advance, and if they sign something there, if they make some kind of commitment, that is, to something bind themselves, then they will 100% fulfill it. so in fact, if you look at the ratings of the so-called long-term contracts in industry , in business, in any industry, everywhere contracts with japanese companies of high rating, and japan itself has one of the largest, has almost the highest credit rating, they are always taken into account and counted by financial institutions, banks that provide financing , as

the most secured contracts with the highest credit rating, so the whole world is always on... and trying to have as many connections as possible with japan, and this actually builds, firstly, japanese trade with any countries the world, and most importantly builds the welfare of the japanese people, because the more contracts, the more work , the more work, the more income, the more income, the more profit, the more profit, the more wealthy people and the more taxes that are paid as value-added tax to the japanese budget, but to answer your question, why japan, why japan today... is a player, because in fact japan today is dragging the whole civilized world with it. look, it's impossible in the united states to accept funding for ukraine due to the differences in the congress, which are caused mainly by the elections, internal political problems, the presidential elections in the united states of america. in europe, we have for two months, thanks to orbán, thanks to fitz, thanks

to other radicals, we have the question of when the funding is delayed as well... today , although we have, it is very good, the decision of the european commission, the european parliament to provide ukraine with eur 50 billion in aid for four years, but you have to pass the committees, you have to accept the rest of the additional ones documents that will still allow us to receive money, because today we have not received a single penny, a single euro, and we are already ending february today, to the ukrainian budget, to the ukrainians of any pots or wallets, that is, in this situation, who.. . goes to the rescue, chipydale is always rushing to help, in this situation chipydale is japan acting, japan has made a commitment, japan has taken, made all the relevant decisions of the budget, the government, and the parliament, and just today, in my understanding, is making a subscription to its of annual obligations, because it thereby greatly, very strongly helps out the united states

and the european union, which due to technical, political, various other problems that exist in those markets. and in those countries, japan is simply helping its g7 partners, that is , the g7 countries, helping not to leave ukraine without funding, helping ukraine to get through this difficult time, until the united states of america and the european community are able to provide us with funding. mr. kostyantyn, a conference on economic development was held on february 19 and reconstruction in japan, they also talked about the reconstruction of ukraine as well. both the government and the ukrainian prime minister said that they are looking at japan's economy and understand that it is possible to adopt some methods and implement them. in our country and actually here i want to point out that now it is the fifth largest economy in the world, and accordingly, if we are talking about the japanese model, can we

apply it in our country? marta, this is a very good question, i would really like, i would even pray every day, if we could apply or make the ukrainian economy at least 50% the way the japanese economy is and... in terms of standards, and in terms of wealth, and in terms of technology, and in terms of energy efficiency, that is, it is actually a model for not only ukraine, but the whole world, the japanese economy, and how the economy is japanese today, in fact the fourth economy in world, and the appreciation of the yen, which today is 150 yen per dollar, it was even the third economy in the world, that is, the first economy was the united states of america, the second economy was china, the third was japan, and the fourth was.. . germany, today, thanks to the fact that the japanese yen has fallen and fallen quite a lot, so from 115 yen, 120 yen to the dollar to 150 yen to the dollar, that is, we convert the gross

domestic product that is counted in yen, convert it to the dollars of the contiguous states, and today, at a rate of 150, the japanese economy moved from third to fourth place, and in fact, it handed over this third place to germany, which today is the third economy in the world, well, when we see... i am a country and answering your question , our people, entrepreneurs, bureaucrats, when we we see the government coming to japan , in fact, believe me, i would really like to and i understand this, because i headed the ukrainian-japanese friendship group in the parliament at the age of 12, one of my companies has an office in japan for 20 years and there of its products, which are exported to the japanese market, this company has more than 25%. the japanese market, on the japanese market, that is, we understand, and i understand very clearly, how to market ukraine, how to produce products that are very

high-tech and sold in japanese market, where they displace the same products from the united states, from canada, and i am very proud of this, that there are such ukrainian companies, which also participated in this meeting, but believe me, it is one thing to talk and one thing the issue is very much to tell how the cosmic ... furrows the brostrors of the universe, in general, it is another issue to actually achieve something, achieve a result and make it happen, for today the main issue for us is a security issue, without the fact that security will take place in ukraine, none private the company is japanese, not a single private corporation, not a single yen or dollar will give to the ukrainian territory in the form of japanese investments here, but in our situation, again, answering our question, less... half as many cases. well, mr. kostyantyn, i would still like to see a powerful japanese business in ukraine, i would like to see the development of ukrainian-japanese economic

cooperation, in particular, if, for example, the japanese would start blocking, japanese farmers would start blocking their ports. you know how it happens in the situation with poland. i i'm being ironic, of course, but i wanted us to be more strongly represented on the japanese market, and you mentioned certain groups of goods. which are interesting for japan , we understand, there is a key issue, it is logistics, it is extremely difficult, especially taking into account what is currently being done with our ports, well, but gradually, gradually it will be possible to enter japan as well, which would be interesting to the japanese from of ukraine, and how could ukrainians earn money in japan? antin, very good question, and actually, i want to tell you that the japanese are interested in everything, if you look at it simply everything, of course. any raw materials, any processing of raw materials in ukraine with further export to japan, any production in ukraine for further export of japanese goods to europe, anything

from agricultural products, engineering products, metal products, raw products of the metallurgical complex, the so-called green iron, that is, the production of green steel, these are all industries that are of great... interest to the japanese, the japanese are very much ready to look at all this, but for this ukraine must have an appropriate investment credit rating, which we will receive only in one case: when we end the war, when ukraine remains a sovereign state, when ukraine comes to europe, and like the rest of the european states that are today in the european union, in the european community, as the baltic states, states, we will have an investment rating, because... latvia, lithuania, estonia have a fairly high investment rating. a1, that is, these are high, huge credit

ratings. can only dream of such credit ratings, but when we join the european community, it will automatically mean that we will do everything as brussels will tell us, as our bureaucrats, officials who do not even understand what to do with their incompetence, will do, but will do it's the brussels bureaucrats, it 's going to be done like a european community, it's all going to lead to our credit rating going up, and thanks to that credit rating , long-term investment, leveraged capital, pre-profit financing opportunities, the entire ecosystem associated with this pre-profit capital will appear, and believe me, a large share of these capital investments in ukraine will be occupied by japanese investors, because japanese investors are one of the largest in the world, they are in no way otherwise they won't herd the rear and go five-tenths there, they will go prorata, go proportionally, as they go everywhere in the world, because japan is one of

the few countries in the world. which is a net creditor to the world, she is not a net debtor, she is a net creditor, she lends to the countries of the world, it lends to many countries of the world, including the united states, not to mention brazil, india or china, it is a net creditor, and it will also be a creditor to ukraine, how will we add conditions, create them and say: welcome japanese investments, i.e., a creditor of ukraine as a state, mr. kostyantyn, a creditor of ukraine as a state, is that what we mean? i don’t know about these or other large enterprises as an investment creditor, they are not the biggest creditors of the state and of the states in the world, they are investment creditors, that is, they are owners of capital, they are the largest, one of the largest providers of investments in the world, and believe me, the japanese will not be behind, but we must create conditions, there will be no conditions, there will be no japanese, there will be

conditions, there will be japanese and... me , as in the whole world in a very high proportion. thank you, kostyantyn zhivago, entrepreneur patron, actually, who headed the group of inter-parliamentary relations with japan, was a member of the parliamentary committee on legal policy and justice, and a member of the group of inter-parliamentary relations with japan. importantly understand that japan is now the country that has become the largest donor of financial support for our state this year, and we thank japan for its proactive position. and in the meantime, we have time to inform you of just a few more news, before we end our broadcast, an important message from president zelensky was heard in lviv today, he says that a group of ministers led by shmyhal will go to the polish border today. and he says that tomorrow it is impossible, because tomorrow there will be a similar meeting it will be impossible to organize for the reasons that it will be the second anniversary of the full-scale invasion and says that whether there will be

polish colleagues, it is their person. ousting - zelensky said today while in lviv at a joint press conference with the prime minister of denmark, mete fredriksen. well, we will wait for positive good news. meanwhile, a delegation of american senators is still in ukraine. we have chuck schumer, richard blumenthal, jack reed, michael bennett and maggie hassan. looking forward to i am waiting for a discussion of how important the aid of the united states is to ukraine's struggle for freedom and independence. the american ambassador wrote about it, and the new york times reported that the leader of the democratic majority in the senate is going to ukraine to put pressure on the republicans on the issue of aid allocation, with his visit chuck schuber wants to encourage the house of representatives, where republicans prevail, to stop resisting implementation of the macro-finance for ukraine. today we say goodbye to you, pass the baton to our colleagues,

which as always... will continue to inform you about all the most important things, while antin and i say goodbye to you until monday. it's news time, i'm ana yavomelnyk and i greet all espresso viewers. a man's body was recovered from the rubble in dnipro, the head of the regional military administration, serhii lysak, said. the search for a woman who was likely at home during the drone attack continues. let me remind you that tonight the russians hit a residential high-rise in the city of dnipro. the elimination of the consequences of the strike is still ongoing. a 77-year-old woman

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