overwhelming support, or sociology shows that the number of american voters who support ukraine and their willingness to support ukraine in the future and to increase this financial assistance in the democratic camp is more than in the republican camp, but at the same time in the republican one too, despite the fact that with "there was such an orthodox vice president as vance, who declared that he does not want to know about this ukraine at all, and he is not interested in it, then the number of republican voters who share the politics of these ingrained trumpists, magists, it is not increasing, which is good for ukraine, because the vast majority of republican voters still support ukraine, from the point of view of foreign policy, well, listen, this is a great rarity both in ukrainian politics and in american, so that the presidents are particularly strong or feel free in foreign affairs. well, the election is about domestic politics,

we know all that, and the trumpists are trying to use such a term as bidennomics, and now they are talking about camelonomics, that is, what is it will be, what will be, what will be the economic policies, they are having discussions there, from the point of view of our interests and yours, the key person in kamala's entourage, who is engaged in foreign policy, is phil gordon, he has a very good reputation of so-and-so... a real, real person who perfectly understands the logic of authoritarian leaders and who is not just not afraid of them, but who is ready to fight them very decisively, that is, in relation to russia, to putin, to shidzenpin or to chi or kemchininr, then these authoritarian leaders can be it is quite confident to predict a tough one politics, decisive politics, defending the interests of the common people, but... not trying

to please them there or find some ways to agree on something with them, so we are unlikely to be in danger, that is, it will be clear that kamala harris will change and the secretary of state and the main security adviser, this is exactly phil gordon, everyone believes that he will be in this position and there will be another defense minister, but we should not be afraid of any fundamental change there. i think it is best for us not to continue this policy management of escalation, the author of which is believed to be sullivan, this is keeping the ukrainian military on a short leash, and when the competition between democrats and republicans has already started, who will be more effective in supporting ukraine, well, i personally like many things, in particular, there are promises to remove restrictions on the use of american weapons, to give the most modern... weapons, and

in general to have a program that will have as its goal the victory of ukraine, and not just stretching the conflict to the point of recognition. while the united states of america is determining whether to start determine who will be the next president, ukraine begins to establish contacts with china, the visit of the minister of foreign affairs of ukraine dmytro kuleba to china was the first visit of the minister of foreign affairs. since 2012, and already at the end of this visit, both kuleba and zelensky said that china supports the territorial integrity of ukraine, and the spokesman of the ministry of foreign affairs, heorhiy tykhi, said that ukraine invited china to participate in at least intermediate meetings in preparation for the second peace summit. let's hear what he said. i think that

the answer should be voiced by the chinese side, i can say that they carefully accepted this proposal, but i will stop at this for now and we will not make further announcements, we will see how the situation will develop further. well, tykhiy added that the ministry of foreign affairs of ukraine invited china's foreign minister vanier to visit ukraine, so that he could see with his own eyes the consequences of russian aggression, which in this case... the game is being played by china, and what does ukraine want from china? well, i would, just now, continue the reply of the spokesman of the ministry of foreign affairs that china itself should speak about china's position there, but china is nowhere, i don't remember, but i didn't see the quotes, and i listened to experts who analyzed this visit, china did not say anywhere that it supports the territorial one. integrity and

sovereignty of ukraine, but he does not add the word ukraine there, he says that he advocates territorial integrity and sovereignty in international politics. but he is referring to his territorial integrity, chinese and chinese sovereignty, alluding to the direct situation with taiwan, and therefore it seems to me that we are adding a little wishful thinking here, because the chinese have stopped talking about it, in their public documents there is no requirement for russia to withdraw its troops to the borders, which are internationally recognized territories of ukraine and recognized the sovereignty of ukraine, but there is no such thing... no, we talk about it, but the chinese are silent about it, and their official spokespeople do not speak about it so openly, why is it right for china to use such a moment now, well, there is already a lot about it it was said that china wanted to poke around a bit putin, who began to make trips

to countries that are important to china, such as north korea, vietnam, etc. is not coordinated with china, then this is a kind of jab towards russia to remind that china can also have such asymmetric responses, but it is very natural for china to listen and not make any commitments. second, china is trying very hard, still trying to take on the role of this peacemaker, now there is a war in ukraine, a war in the gas sector, and it is currently growing there. just a few days ago and china managed to collect representatives of various factions of palestine there , and conditionally, almost with one voice, they all declared that they support the role of china as a peacemaker, that is, china wants to prove it to

the world, to take on this role, well, to win, if possible, such a struggle in order to to be a country that can use its soft power. its diplomatic efforts, economic influences can extinguish or stop major international conflicts, in this sense ukraine is attractive for them, but i think, i am actually sure of this, that the question will be whether or not china and how china will behave in the second stage of the peaceful form of the peace of ukraine is not entirely clear, it is more logical that china will still ... there will be a candidate, they will build up, and depending on how the military campaign in ukraine will be conducted, what will happen in the fall, what types of weapons ukraine will use, or ukraine, which is actually

not allowing the russians to advance actively , and grinds thousands of people there per day, that ukraine will be able to satisfy russia, they are talking about that... when ukraine can enter the next year already from a position much stronger than now, china's position can be adjusted accordingly, but i want to repeat once again that china is an ideological country, shijin ping is the leader of china, much closer in ideology and in the way he sees the world to putin, to authoritarian leaders. china has never liked western democracy and does not like it, and china considers it to be the cause of the ukrainian conflict. nato expansion. we have already heard this theory somewhere about being poor russia was forced to defend itself because nato was expanding to its borders. therefore, we should have no illusions here. china is pragmatic, but ideology is above all else for china, and shijin

pin will try to the last to preserve, to preserve in the allies of russia, because for his understanding of how power should be built, how the world should be built, it is important that... such authoritarian regimes such as putin's in russia have survived. thank you, mr. oleg, for the conversation, it was politician and public figure oleg hrybachuk. friends, we continue work live on the channel as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms, for those who are currently watching us live there on these platforms, please subscribe to our pages on these platforms and also like this video in order to it was trending on youtube and facebook. well , take part in our survey, today we conduct such a survey and ask you the following: are you ready for a tax increase in ukraine, it seems like a rhetorical question, but still yes 92%, no, probably the opposite

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the second part of the verdict program is live on the espresso tv channel. my name is serhii rudenko, and for the next 45 minutes we will talk about the following. tax increase. inevitable, a hole in the budget of 500 billion hryvnias forces the government to resort to a tough fiscal policy, are ukrainians ready pay more? personnel scandals in the army, instead of dismissing kombrig and shkulov, after a public speech in his defense, subordinates were promoted. is democracy acceptable in the army during war? the russian front inside ukraine, from burnt military vehicles to political murders of public

figures, how the russians are trying to destabilize the situation. friends, we are live on the espresso tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms, for those who are currently watching us on these platforms, either please join our pages and also take part in our survey. today we ask you about the following: are you ready for a tax increase in ukraine? yes, no, everything is quite simple on youtube, if you have your own opinion, please leave it in the comments below this video. if you're watching us on tv, pick up your smartphone or phone and vote. corresponding numbers, so if you are ready to raise taxes in ukraine, 0800 211 381, no 0800 211 382, ​​all calls to these numbers are free, vote at the end of the program, we will sum up the results of this vote. i would like to introduce the guests of today's program, this is maksym rozumny, political

expert, doctor of political sciences. mr. maxim, i congratulate you, thank you for being with us today. yes, good evening, and oleksiy koshel, doctor of historical sciences, political scientist, head of the committee of voters of ukraine, should also join us, we are waiting for him to be included, and since, mr. maksym, we are asking our tv viewers whether they are ready for a tax increase in ukraine, well, this is kind of a rhetorical question, and to ask ukrainians whether they are ready, no one is ready for... taxes, i will ask you if you are ready for a tax increase in ukraine, well, i am probably ready, how can a conscious citizen not be ready for a tax increase, but as a political scientist, political analyst, i'm still trying to predict the situation, and if now

specialists with ex-specialists, economists say that about 40%. of the ukrainian economy is in the shadow, so i think that after the tax increase, this percentage will increase by more than half, that is, more than 50% will be in the shadow, it is difficult to fight with this, i guess it will not even be possible, and this puts into great doubt, so to speak, the success of this idea, i mean completely. budget with additional money, but it is obvious that the government will still be forced to move in the direction of somehow increasing state revenues, and we will observe these maneuvers in the coming months in the political environment, in the verkhovna rada, in the comments of

our leaders, heads of state and and obviously ordinary citizens, thank you, mr. maksym, and we have already been joined by oleksiy koshel, doctor of historical sciences, political scientist, chairman of the committee of voters of ukraine. mr. oleksiy, i congratulate you, thank you for being with us today. good evening. today, mr. oleksiy, we are conducting a survey and asking our tv viewers whether they are ready for a tax increase in ukraine. mr. maksym has already answered this question, are you ready for the increase in taxes in ukraine, which will be announced in... the office of the president of ukraine? well, i want this decision to be prepared in the cabinet of ministers and for this decision to be comprehensive, that is, yes, the state treasury needs enough funds seriously, this is how we are waging war, we need to accumulate all internal resources as much as possible now, but i am not sure if the only way is to raise taxes, that is, we have many

items in the budget that can be cut, and they are talking about it, if i am not mistaken, somewhere at... at the end of january this year, i heard the first statements that the budget for this year needs to be reviewed, well, let me remind you, it's almost august, so far i haven't seen any draft law. issue number two is the implementation of reforms that can give quick money, first of all, this customs issues. i came across a figure for the 20th year, for the 20th year, representatives of the cabinet of ministers talked about the fact that because of gray schemes at customs, i emphasize... because of gray schemes, not because of smuggling, we lose 8 billion dollars every year, huge number, now it has not gone anywhere. the third issue is smart privatization. which should be held now, but recently there was a pr campaign that the kozatsky hotel was sold there for a record price, well, i go to my office near this hotel every day, it is right on the

independence square, the windows overlook the fountains, i i took a calculator, calculated, the hotel on independence square was sold at a price of 1,000 dollars per square meter, well, i apologize, in lviv the so-called khrushchevs are cheaper, on the outskirts, i’m not talking about the city center, so... be a reasoned decision, well and of course, i will remind you of the words of the special representative of the united states, who is responsible for the economic recovery of ukraine, pena pritzker, who yesterday stated that it is necessary to eliminate gray schemes and clearly stated that these are cigarettes, and i will remind you that according to the international currency fund, we lose only on gray cigarettes every year. from 17 to 31 billion hryvnias every year on some unfortunate cigarettes, gray alcohol, petroleum products and many

other things, that is, we need to save, then we raise taxes, but we raise them sensibly, you know, this is not just a whip format, now we wave and the money will go to the treasury , you raise car taxes , a shadow automatically appears, gray and black schemes automatically appear, and it will be in any market, so you need to raise taxes wisely, and now we are offered such black and white version, these are bad for them, we will give 30%, there is a jewelry business, well , i’m sorry, it will still fall, even the jewelry business, it will still fall on ordinary people, because people get married, buy engagement rings, people are born, christenings, buy crosses, relatively speaking, and for these 30, citizens will pay even, even in such a rather specific business, i am not talking about everything else, well, by the way, the cabinet

of ministers also proposes to raise taxes, i do not know who who proposed first, whether the cabinet of ministers or the president's office well, we perceive it as a single team, after all, which is working now, because there is a mono-power, there is a mono-majority, there is a mono-responsibility. so, the minister of finance, serhiy marchenko, in an interview with rbc ukraine, said that the state budget deficit this year is estimated at uah 500 billion, and these funds must be covered by taxes, because mostly these funds are needed for the defense and defense forces of ukraine. to be honest, the situation is critical, for us it remains relevant to ensure the security and defense sector, we have proposed ways to delay we don't have discussions, - serhiy marchenko said. he says that the government is getting the tax hikes right enough, and

added that raising military levy rates, in particular, has quite the right connotation in terms of messaging. mr. maksym, mr. oleksiy is talking about all these gray schemes, or semi-gray schemes, or dark schemes that exist in one way or another in ukrainian. economy, but we know that economists, professional economists, estimate the share of the shadow economy, or the economy that is in the shadows, at 40%, and not less than 40% or 35-40%, and this is a sufficiently large percentage, and it is clear that in the current conditions, tax increases can inevitably lead to further shadowing of the economy, shadowing of salaries, deductions, well... everything else, that is, in some fragments there, an increase in taxes on new cars by 15% at the first registration will also probably lead to some shadowing or

resolution of these questions, why do you think the government works like a fire brigade, why there is no such vision, a broad vision, what to do with taxes, what to do with customs, although we we know that zelensky actually, when he came to the position of president... to the position of president, he held these numerous meetings, there he lined up customs officers in transcarpathia, he asked what cars they drive, these same questions remained relevant, because those who live in ukraine, they clearly know how customs works, how customs officers work, how customs officers live, the situation has not changed in 5 years, what do you think, why, i would start with the fact that the situation... has changed not only in the last five years, i remember very well for example, when we, uh, well, let's say, in a political sense, we tried for the first time...

uh, what is called living in a new way, after the orange square in 2004, i even remember how the then presidential candidate viktor yushchenko, do not teach the apple tree how to give birth, but drive away the pigs from it, that is, this story is about the corruption tax paid by ukrainians, paid by ukrainian business, on... our, by the way, foreign partners, investors, here this corruption tax could be reduced if appropriate political will, and in the same way, with proper political will, it would be possible to look for all, so to speak, those tools, levers, reserves, about which another participant of our conversation, quite detailed, rightly said, for

this you need a professional team , for this you need motivated executors and what is called political will, which i have already said, this political will is obviously absent today, there is an office of simple solutions, simple solutions to raise electricity tariffs by two times, then more twice, simple solutions. raise taxes and in fact, ukrainians have learned to avoid taxes, but if, for example, this third group of fops is abolished, that is, their taxes will be raised, this will be a strong, so to speak , blow to social stability, and actually then there will be no such easy, easy consequences will do, that is, in

my opinion... it is about a socially resonant decision that is not enough, obviously calculated in the economic sense, in the budgetary, financial sense, and which is possible, well, this is an assumption, a hypothetical one, its possibility, it should make an impression on ours external partners who actually give us money, and maybe sometimes... in conversations with our representatives, they wonder why ukrainians pay so little for this war, just like, for example, european partners, our partners wonder why ukrainian men are abroad of military age , here is this, so to speak, picture that ukraine pays more, it seems to me that it is part of this, this event, this,

the decision itself, which... in the public sphere, thank you, mr. maksym, mr. oleksiy, tell me these decisions on raising taxes or fees, how will this affect the reaction of ukrainians in ukrainian society, which, what will the reaction be and what could be the consequences, well , first of all, there will not be an immediate reaction, because while all these tax increases for business will be transferred to the shoulders of ordinary ukrainians, there will be a... period of time, firstly, secondly, there is a certain habituation to price increases, in our country, and in the period before the large-scale invasion, the prices were high enough, let's say, for food products they were commensurate with the countries of the european union, for certain groups of goods they were higher , on individual below, so i don't think that there will be an instant reaction, there will be protests, no, it won't happen, but the consequences for business, i think, will be quite serious, because

part of business. is in a survival mode right now, firstly, secondly, uh, i think what mr. maxim was talking about, i think we're going to see a surge of new schemes because one of the problems that has place in decision-making at the level of the government and at the level of the parliament, is that the decision is very often made of extremely low quality, where there is a low quality of management decisions, there automatically. a large number of schemes appear, that is, obviously part of the business will get out of the situation in this way, but again , i emphasize that, unfortunately, there is no discussion in the authorities about how to accumulate internal resources, let's say, we are all outraged by examples when now at the level of local self-government, the so -called small construction is taking place, roads are being asphalted, c...