to pay tax directly, see, in reality, the ideology of tax policy formation is that there are one hundred percent clean, transparent markets, and there are markets in which the level of the shadow sector is sufficiently high, that is, the actual stimulation of the purchase of goods from bright markets, markets that are 100% % work in the light sector, that is exactly the mechanism. which can allow to increase the receipt of taxes, well, for example, when you and i are talking about tutu, there is an alternative to the usual twain cigarette. twain - completely one hundred percent, light market, and when you do a sufficiently serious diversification, the gradation of the excise tax, in relation to tweens and in relation to ordinary cigarettes, you stimulate. consumer in the case of lower

excise duties on tweens to buy this particular type of tobacco products, why is there such a diversification of excises on tweens , one figure, on cigarettes - another, perhaps it is necessary to equalize these products, is this still a tobacco market? well, look, you and i are going to europe, however, there is a european directive that very clearly defines the difference between tweens, well, theoretically, it is considered that tween is more... safer for human health, and this, by the way, is also reflected in the tax policy in european countries, well, for example, the council is the council of interest, you know the difference, for example, in finland , between the excise duty on tweens and ordinary cigarettes, the excise duty on tweens is somewhere around €79 per 1,000 cigarettes, and the excise duty on ordinary cigarettes is more than €350. look at the difference, if we... look at this difference

by european countries, it is about 60%. our legislators, our government is still enough so cautiously approached the difference from those assets, in these excise taxes, well, it is planned to set an excise tax of €90 on tobacco for 1,000 cigarettes by the 28th year. this is a directive of the european union, twain is somewhere on the order of a little more than 70, so the difference is small, although i repeat it once again. in european countries the difference is very big, but i gave you the example of finland, in general there the difference is somewhere at the level of 60-70% between excises on tween and excises on ordinary tobacco, and as i understand it, there will be a certain gradation of the introduction of these excises on certain, for a certain period, i mean until the 28th year, that is, it will be very taxing, well , just like with fuel, just like with alcohol, that is, we have certain obligations that will be determined. directives of the european union,

in the same way we approach the european legislation, adapt to it and fulfill the directives regarding gasoline, diesel? well, look, i generally believe that this hate in social networks regarding the increase in excise taxes on fuel is, well, in my opinion, to some extent even an informational and psychological operation of our enemy, for one simple reason. let us remember the 22nd year, when taxes and value-added tax and fuel excises were completely removed from our country. do you remember how much we paid for a liter of gasoline in may of 2022? uah 50 how much do we pay today? we pay 57-58 today. this is despite the fact that we have returned all pre-war taxes, 20% vat, the full excise tax of more than €200 has returned.

so let's not assume that there is now a 10% increase in the excise tax in euros by the corresponding amount per ton of petroleum products will lead to such an increase that i don't know directly, all goods in stores are going up in price, we roughly calculated, it turns out for us that such an increase in excise duty will add a hryvnia, a maximum of one and a half per liter, so that in this situation it is not. .. some terrible increase, but in reality it will add additional funds to the state budget, and this is really important, the treasury must be filled and it is important that the tax increase, which is planned to be, well, with a certain gradation until 2028, well, we will monitor and analyze it rising prices if it will happen, i will also talk about all this in the column about money during the war and i will thank oleg penzyn, economist, executive director of the economic discussion club, i will forgive you for this. with

you watch us. so, the winner of the uefa conference league was decided today. in the final match, a decisive match in athens, the capital of greece, olympiakos of greece and fiorentina of florence of italy will meet. the nominal hosts are the real sensation of the tournament for oli - this is the first european cup final in the history of the club. the greeks will play not only in their native country, but also very close to their hometown of piraeus. in semi-final... the team beat the main contender for the trophy, english aston villa, twice. spanish coach jose luis mendiliber, who won the europa league together with spanish sevilla last season, leads olympiakos to european conquests. fiorentina will play in the final of the conference league

for the second consecutive year. last year, the violets wilted under the blows of the west ham hammermen, but on the way to this match, the match in athens, fiorentina ... no defeat, but the way to the final of the violets was quite difficult, you can't call it simple. now i bring to your attention the comments of the mentors of both teams before the decisive match. we got here the way we got here and we shouldn't change much, we have to keep going, it's true, it's the final and it's different because it's the last game, but we have to be confident. in what we have done before, and if we understand what we have done, then we will know how to act on the final day. now we are here, we have done a very good job, to be in the finals for the second time in a row, we went to the conference league finals

undefeated, so we have a lot of confidence in ourselves and respect our opponents, we are ready to do everything we can to try and build on the negative experiences we have had in the past. kyiv time, and the game will be judged by the portuguese referee artur artur suarez dias. and in other news also about football , barcelona got a new head coach, as expected, the club officially introduced hans dieter flick in this role. at this position the german replaced xavi. the deal is done. for two seasons: 59-year-old flick, known for his resounding success at the head of bayern munich, with which he won almost everything possible, but since last september, the specialist remained without a job after being dismissed from the german national team. under the leadership of flick, the bundesteam failed at

the world cup, without getting out of the group. let me remind you that in the season ending, barcelona remained without trophies, but the team reached the quarter-finals for the first time in five years. in the champions league, and in the end, the management decided point to the door of the legend of the club, xavi hernandez, who, well, not without, let's say so, not without insults, probably left the catalan legendary club, but maybe he will return, at least xavi himself, probably already spoke about this under another barcelona management, and almost at the same time, bayern munich announced the appointment of a belgian as head coach. the agreement with the company is calculated until june 30, 2027, while bayern had to pay compensation for the company to england's burley. burley, under the leadership of the company, flew out of english premier league, experts and specialists still

noted the good work of the 38-year-old mentor. actually , it was barley who took the company to the elite of english football in the season before last. he will replace thomas tuhal in the coaching chair of bayern. in the standings of the bundesliga this season, bayern did not even finish second, but took third place, ahead of bayar, who became the champion, and stuttgart. munich did not win a single trophy. there will be revenge. oleksandr usyk and tyson fury will meet in the ring for the second time in a rematch. at least about that. today was officially announced by saudi arabia's minister of entertainment, turkiya al-ashsheikh. it was he who was one of the main organizers of the first duel, and according to him, the rematch between the absolute heavyweight boxing world champion oleksandr usyk and tyson fury is now scheduled for

december 21 of this year. during the season in riyadh. the world will once again witness another historic battle. before. before the first fight, the media reported that the rematch would probably take place in the fall, or rather in october, but obviously after such a fight by a boxer, the boxers were given time to recover and to... prepare. let me remind you that very recently, on may 18, oleksandr usyk defeated tyson fury in the megafight for the title of the absolute heavyweight boxing world champion. the ukrainian won this victory by split decision of the judges, but in the ninth round fury suffered a so-called standing knockdown. well, on this we will conclude the sports section. i say goodbye to you and wish you a peaceful, calm evening, but our broadcast continues, so with... vasyl zema will continue it in a moment.

thank you very much yevhen, and to the plot. in prykarpattia , interesting leisure activities were organized for people with disabilities at the rehabilitation center. young people are taught to embroider, weave, create beadwork. our carpathian colleagues visited the workshops, so they will tell you more. thus, in the ivano-frankivsk rehabilitation center , girls and boys with disabilities are engaged in creativity. most of the students' works decorate the walls of the institution. there are mosaics, beadwork, and drawings. about a hundred people visit the center every week. mrs. hanna comes with her daughter. they work together on creating a hat on a special machine, we have a very simple machine, and we

knit hats on it, we turn it by hand, we don't need electricity or anything, there should be 160 rounds, that's all and then we tie and it turns out a very nice hat. every time interesting master classes for young people are prepared by the head of the center ms. maria, she says they like to gather together and do something useful, the finished products are donated to social... institutions, boarding schools, or they are put up for auction, already very close sometimes, volunteers will be able to organize an auction and will sell this painting on the internet in order to support our military, which, well, behind which we are here. and people with disabilities realize their work in the so-called inclusive shop. in this way, they feel the value of their own talent and are spent. of time from prykarpattia ivan haruk, volodymyr voloshchuk, espresso tv channel. well, thank you for the material, and now

for your attention the weather will tell us in detail what it will be like in ukraine tomorrow natalka didenko. i say goodbye to you, see you tomorrow, goodbye. synoptic hello to all, our dear viewers. today we, as always, of course, we will talk about the weather that is expected for the next day. may, unfortunately, is coming to an end, a wonderful spring month, the most beautiful, probably, still, well, but nevertheless, we will talk with you first about such a problem, such a spring event, such daily actions, i would say, like mowing the grass , and here people are very divided in their opinions, you know, how spring begins and hot season, for example, summer, there will always be someone who is very windy, and someone who

is very hot and stuffy, and the same with grass, but i have collected various such thoughts and will share them with you, and you will choose for yourself and to decide what is better, that's why they mow the actual grass, critics claim that, in their opinion, such senseless actions only harm the ecology, destroy the flora, pollute the air, and the city itself also wastes resources, well, aesthetically. when this grass burns completely in the sun, of course it is not good, it is not beautiful. supporters claim that ticks wait for their prey precisely in tall grass, not cats. allergy. pollen allergy is the most common, it is tall grass that spreads it. weeds displace cereal and flower plants, weaken the sod cover, and damage the fertile soil layer. lawns that are regularly mowed are left. clean, unfortunately, tall grass often turns into a garbage dump. there are so many different

opinions on this matter, of course, as they say, the middle ground is golden, that's why it is golden, actually, because it is very difficult to always find some such, ways that would satisfied, well, but we still enjoy the summer grass, green, beautiful, cat or not cat, we move on to the behavior of the earth's magnetic field, tomorrow no... fluctuations, so we don't linger here much, we just observe, as always together, and move on proper to the weather forecast, and tomorrow in ukraine , an unstable atmosphere is expected over ukraine , and short-term rains will pass in the west, thunderstorms are forecast. in the western part of ukraine , the air temperature will be low, 22, 24, 21, 24 degrees. in the north also, in places short-term rains, thunderstorms. the air temperature is +25-27°. in the east of ukraine, without

significant precipitation, but not the hottest. +26 +30°. and here are the essential ones. precipitation is unlikely, unless some local rains break through. in the central part of ukraine , there are also occasional short-term rains, thunderstorms, the air temperature in the central part of ukraine is +24 +28°. in the south, for example, especially in odesa region, it will generally be cool, about 22° in mykolaiv region, kherson region, as well as in crimea, in zaporizhzhia, plus 24 + 26°. and in the south, in odesa and mykolaiv regions. there will be rain and thunderstorms in odesa region, even heavy showers are possible, in kyiv tomorrow there will be short-term rain and thunderstorms, don't forget your umbrellas, the air temperature is around 24-25° c. here's the nearest synoptic perspective, of course, keep an eye out, as always , for our updated weather forecasts on the espresso channel. good evening, we

are from ukraine. glory to ukraine, dear tv viewers, on the air of the tv channel, the program studio zahid, we will analyze the most important events of this week, in particular, we will analyze the situation at the front and the situation in the international politics our guests today are the legendary american diplomat daniel frith and the equally legendary ukrainian diplomat roman bezsmertny. daniel frith, the flesh and blood of the american state department, will be working on the tv channel now. the former coordinator of sanctions policy affairs of the state department, a person who very well understands deterrence strategies and specific tactical steps, in particular, deterrence of the russian federation. i congratulate you, mr. ambassador, on the espresso tv channel. congratulations, glory to ukraine. glory to heroes. well, the swiss peace summit is approaching. yes, we

understand that ukraine has proposed its formula, yes, which provides for withdrawal. their interveners from our territory and so on, we understand that this formula has already been tested at very high-level meetings of the international plan, such as the g7 and g20 and so on and so forth. in your opinion, what are the prospects for making the swiss summit propose a new clear strategy for containing russia, perhaps there is a feeling that it will be possible to make the russians listen to this position. ukraine's proposal to hold the international summit to discuss its peace formula deserves high praise. it has strategic and tactical advantages, emphasized by the importance of ukraine's initiatives and its perception as a country presenting its own plan for the political settlement of the conflict. the formula, which is based on 10 points, is closely

intertwined with the principles of the un charter. it is important that the issue of ukraine affects countries all over the world, in africa. asia, south america and the middle east. several summits have already been held, the next one will be held in switzerland in mid-june. again, this is a very good idea. on the one hand, we do not want the russians to claim that ukraine does not want to participate in the negotiations. on the other hand, it is important for ukraine to be able to organize the widest possible consensus among as many countries as possible on the basis of certain of its fundamental provisions. in my opinion, the ukrainians demonstrated great skill. the ukrainian government has excelled in recognizing areas of possible understanding between a very large group of countries at the international level, thereby laying the groundwork for more serious discussions in the future, and not allowing russia to isolate ukraine. that is why i consider the ukrainian initiative good, and

i hope that the government of my country will be represented in switzerland at the highest possible level. dear mr. ambassador, frit, the position of ukraine is extremely strong, yes, because they have committed unprovoked aggression against us, they are attacking our civilian cities, they are killing our civilians, they are killing our military, but we understand that despite the strength of our position, our enemy will not be in switzerland , and the key story that will be the position of the people's republic of china, will they, for example, agree to send their... emissaries as observers, in order to somehow orient themselves in the current history, well, because we understand that there is a certain consolidation of what is called the western world. but the chinese game, the chinese influence on the situation is extremely important. we understand that there were meetings in beijing with secretary of state antony blinken, president macron, german chancellor olaf

scholz, and after that, what did putin do? putin went to beijing and took his people with him officials china's position is one of the key international factors in russian calculations regarding war china supported russia, providing it with many technologies and parts necessary for waging war. the united states is not happy about it. us secretary of state tony blinken visited beijing and urged the chinese to stop supporting russia. the united states has imposed sanctions on some chinese companies that evade their compliance. these efforts are likely to continue and even intensify if china continues its efforts current rate interesting. that president putin visited beijing and, as far as i understand, the results of that visit were minor. the chinese are ready to help the russians, but not

as much as they would like. it seems that in this sino-russian partnership without limitations, there are certain limitations. and yet china's position is that it does not want russia to lose, and therefore will support it. the united states and european countries need to ... continue to persuade and, if necessary, pressure the chinese to refused to support russia. easy to say, but not easy to do. it is quite difficult. china's position is a significant problem, and there is no way we can sit idly by and watch the chinese support putin's aggressive war against ukraine. well, in any case razinpin made a very symbolic trip to the european continent. of france serbia, hungary. at the same time, when putin's inauguration took place in russia, i.e., which ended the process of

putin's self-crowning. yes, xi jinping was not there. there was also no xi jinping at the so-called parade red square. maybe there are some prospects to agree on something with the chinese, or they will still try to stick to their strategy of... entering the european continent and possibly getting closer to european markets. china is trying to strengthen its position as the main dominant counterweight to the united states and europe. he is looking for potential allies in europe, whether on an ideological basis, like hungary, or on a commercial basis. the united states has decided that china is long-term strategic for them a competitor or even an opponent, and now they are actively discussing whether. china poses such a strong threat that the united states needs to focus all its efforts on fighting china, or even withdraw from europe and reduce its support for ukraine. this is

the position of the so-called asia first group, which is associated with donald trump. the biden administration, on the other hand, believes that it is important to support ukraine and europe, they claim that if russia wins a war against ukraine, it will only worsen security in asia, that is... it will not improve it at all. this position by the way, the leaders of taiwan, south korea and japan, who have repeatedly and publicly stated that they will support ukraine, and that such support is in their interests, share the same opinion. this is an extremely important message. that is, there is a debate that will continue even after our election about how the united states should conduct its foreign policy, whether to support security in asia and europe, or to focus on exclusion. in asia and weaken interest in europe. this is an old american debate that has now become relevant again. so far, the pro-european group

which believes that the united states should support both its asian and european allies, takes a dominant position. however, people in donald trump's circle tend to be pro-asian, that is, they prioritize china over ukraine and europe, which i think is very bad. thank you, mr. ambassador, in any case, we understand that a lot of issues in world politics are currently on hold, because many capitals of the world are waiting for the american elections, and donald trump is not a predictable person who at one time she was already the american president, but we were very active in ukraine when we tried to analyze what was happening in the american congress, so we were worried, but... on the other hand , it also demonstrated a certain weakness of american democracy, when an extremely important issue, a matter of life, in the literal sense of the whole european people. could be

endangered. we are grateful to the american administration, we are grateful to the american parliamentarians for finally closing this story, we got money, but going back to donald trump and this hallway in a few months, leading up to the election, what might happen before the election and what might happen after the election, because we don't know what donald trump number two will be if he becomes president. we don't know, it is. ukrainians have every right to be grateful to the united states for the aid provided and at the same time disappointed by the long, unjustified delay in voting on additional aid to ukraine. ukraine should also push the us to we have done everything possible, more than what we are already doing, to support ukraine at this critical moment. in the united states, as i said, there is a debate about strategy,

president biden and his... administration believes in what i would call a strategy of the free world. it is about supporting democracy in europe and asia, particularly because we will not be able to successfully counter the chinese challenge if we allow russia to threaten ukraine and europe. we have to deal with both great adversaries, china and russia. this is the position of the administration biden the position of donald trump and his supporters seems to be that... ukraine has less value and priority. there have been times when donald trump has been hostile to ukraine and sympathetic to vladimir putin, which is a terrible position. it is also true that trump has recently changed his position on ukraine. on the eve of the vote in congress on the provision of additional aid to ukraine, donald trump published a statement on the true social website, in which he claimed that the survival and villages of ukraine are in the interests of the united states. this one

the application was hidden. inside a long political post with attacks on the biden administration, and yet, this is the rare occasion when donald trump recognized the importance of ukraine to the united states. i'm not a fan of donald trump, but i think it was a good move and i hope it continues. however, president biden is certainly a much more reliable supporter of ukraine than trump ever was or will be. ukraine. is now in a critical situation, we understand that only decisive american assistance can make a difference cardinal situation on the battlefield. we understand that we are talking about heavy weapons, we are talking about possible bold decisions on the part of american democracy. so we understand that , well, in a few months the situation in the united states can change, and indeed we do not undertake to predict or prophesy what it might be, and we also understand that we need additional anti-aircraft systems.

in order to close the sky over kharkiv, in order to close the sky in the north of our country, yes, because the russians started the so -called kharkiv operation, and we have a request with regard to additional patriot systems, so that we can protect our civilians, but we understand that it is also about aviation, and it is also about a long-range artillery or missile component, and the key story here is also about... this is what everyone is saying, whether or not there will be permission to use long-range american weapons to protect our citizens, so that our generals and our political leadership can decide for themselves where to hit when russian interventionists are shelling our cities. ukraine and ukrainian civil society are absolutely right when they insist that the americans provide more

modern... weapons systems. frankly, i agree with the ukrainians and americans like tory nuland, the former us deputy secretary of state, who said that the united states should allow ukraine to use the weapons provided to attack military targets in russia, not just in ukraine. this is important from a military point of view to help ukrainians, in particular in kharkiv. friends of ukraine insist that the biden administration lifted some of the restrictions. i hope that the biden administration will proceed as it did with long-range atakams. it turns out that ukraine received these long-range missiles without prior public announcement, which allowed the ukrainians to surprise the russians with new weapons on new russian targets. so it's better to just let the ukrainians act, less words, more action. hopefully that's what the biden administration will do. sometimes makes.