in lviv, employees of the bureau of economic security conducted searches. law enforcement officers suspect holdin of tax evasion. company representatives deny any accusations. is it pressure on business or the goal of supplementing the country's budget with legal taxes? we will also talk about this in the broadcast. your likes are important to us, and so are your comments in the live chat. in particular, regarding those topics that you would be interested to hear on our broadcasts, so write. business tax audits are being resumed in ukraine. parliament voted to cancel the moratorium on checks in the first reading. they can resume as early as november 1. in addition to document checks, actual checks will also return, although they say in the verkhovna rada, after consultation with the ministry of finance and the tax service, the law was amended with, i quote, more liberal provisions in relation to taxpayers. the update will not yet apply to businesses of the first and

second groups, to businesses registered in the occupied territories or in combat zones, the moratorium will continue. in priority there will be checks in the field of agricultural business, payment services, sale of tobacco, fuel and alcohol. this bill must be adopted by the verkhovna rada in accordance with the terms of the memorandum signed last december between the ukrainian authorities and the international monetary fund. and potential tax evaders from the state have already begun to be checked. the day before , representatives of the economic security bureau came to a well-known business holding in lviv. the prosecutor general's office accused the management of tax evasion, but businessmen call this raid a show mask and by the pressure of the authorities. my colleague bohdan lugunov understood this story and is already in touch with us and is ready to tell more. hello bodu. a few seconds to set up our stand-up zone so that bohdan can tell us what.

actually happened, in your comments, by the way, talk about your situation, if, for example , you are a representative of a small, medium or large business, how do you feel about the fact that tax audits will probably be resumed from november 1, this is a topic , which actually affected many, because the state has questions about business regarding, for example, the payment of envelopes, and the business calls the tax system very rigid, it needs to be reformed, so the topic is really important and your comments, i think, will be very very... relevant for us, eh, there is also another topic, to the topic, what happened in lviv , we will come back in a few minutes, for now i propose to talk about education as well, how to provide schoolchildren, perhaps distance learning, educators in zaporizhzhia, a front-line city, hence the air alarms there, are puzzling me they sound sometimes for 12-14 hours in a row, and at this time even online lessons have to be interrupted, because it is dangerous. however

, no one knows when children should make up for missed classes. parents' opinions on this matter are divided, some suggest not interrupting online classes during sirens, others are against it, whether there is a way out of the situation, my colleagues learned. during authorized searches by detectives of baby of ukraine , official documents were found in the premises of the main office of the holding. which indicates illegal economic transactions, unaccounted cash, draft records, seals of business entities. the company evaded payment of the military levy , the only social contribution that the company and the pdf should pay. we have certain technical nuances, this is an important point, it will concern lviv, but for now, about education in zaporizhzhia, we will show you the plot. we are setting it up, i remind you that it is important that you write to us in the comments what you think

about the events taking place in ukraine and the world, and what about education in zaporizhia, considering the fact that the city is near the front, let's have a look. sixth-grader marichka has a math lesson, today everything is on schedule, however , this is not always the case, during the air raid, the lessons, which take place exclusively online in zaporizhzhia, are stopped. then working out after all the lessons, it's not very easy, and what, why don't you like it? well, because we have such a write-off, and then, when we don’t have much practice time, we study until about four o’clock, when anxiety starts in the morning, lessons are missed, and we have to work in the evening, and we have in the evening, either training or gaudis english language courses, and therefore it is very difficult , at 12-14 hours at home, that is how long the air alarm in zaporizhzhia can last, because of this, the parents of schoolchildren ask the local authorities not to stop online education while the sirens are sounding, on the condition that it is the parents who

take responsibility for the safety of the children during the alarm. the corresponding petition was registered on the website of the city hall, it was signed by more than 1,600 people. if it's quiet, just anxiety, but quiet, i would... work. we have a class teacher wrote in the group in the selection that tomorrow there will be a meeting with the principals of the schools, and the principals will already decide independently whether they will conduct these lessons during the alarms. however, there is also an alternative petition, about banning teaching and learning during alarms, because it is dangerous in a front-line city, and both of them won the necessary number of votes for the city authorities of zaporozhye. to resolve this dispute, the regional military administration delegated this decision to the schools themselves. each child with their parents builds their own model, there really is

the methodological recommendations of the ministry of education, which are clearly written, the recommendations , i emphasize to interrupt during anxiety, whether to continue the lesson or not, it has not been determined how marichka will do in the future, she does not yet know. we don't go anywhere, we don't have any shelters anywhere near here, there are no shelters, go down to the basement, well, there, to be honest, well, in general, even going down there is scary in this basement, if we already hear that they are really starting to bug, shoot, then we go to the corridor, i understand that you miss your friends after usually wet training like this yes, very, it would be very cool, if we went to school , the child is 20, well, not 20, well, he spends 16 hours a day, for sure, at the computer, we are there with

mothers, others, well, we joke a little that soon we will be standing in line at the ophthalmologist, so that the children or drops or to buy glasses, the problem of children's education, franto zaporizhzhia does not only to find time for lessons between sirens and incoming shells, - says the head of the zaporizhia public organization, kateryna zvereva, i want to study. it is important to pay attention to the fact that children, first because of covid, and now because of a full-scale war, do not communicate with their peers and have regular stress. the workload for middle and high school is not adjusted at all under the conditions of war, that is, it is like how children learn calmly at school, but in the current conditions it is simply impossible to do it, and more constant stress and lack of sleep are imposed on children , that is, we cannot understand the impact on children and how they can continue to study in such conditions and compete with other children who studied in more favorable conditions. one of

the solutions to this problem proposed by a public organization could be the creation of educational hubs in the premises of bomb shelters in various districts of zaporizhzhia. because schools, even with the presence of equipped bomb shelters, children will leave only when there is a change. security situation and the front will move further from zaporozhye. as of the beginning of the academic year a quarter of all schools were equipped with bomb shelters, but even there the regional military administration did not allow the educational process to begin, because now some rockets fly from russian positions to the city for no more than 45 seconds - they say in ova. and during this time, even an air alert is not always announced, it is organized to move to bomb shelters and emergency rooms. let's return to the no less important. topics of business and taxes of potential tax evaders from the state began to be checked already the day before , representatives of the bureau of economic security came to a well-known business holding in lviv , the prosecutor general's office accused the management of tax fraud, but entrepreneurs call this search a show mask and pressure from the authorities. bohdan lugunov is ready to tell

more. bodyu, my word to you. hello oleg. the initial asking price is more than uah 50 million. according to the calculations of the prosecutor general's office, the state budget did not receive as much from business. from the ifest company. the prosecutor's office calls this tax evasion in particularly large amounts. the searches were conducted on october 17 as part of the ongoing investigation investigative bureau of economic security. what is the essence of the accusations? according to the investigation , about 60 restaurants and retail outlets of the holding allegedly paid salaries to employees according to a shady scheme. about 2,000 people were paid in two installments. the official minimum was counted for payment with taxes, and the rest, as it were. simply sent to the card as a top-up to the account. for this, bep says, employees issued two bank cards and during the search, verbatim, among other things, 415 employee cards were seized. in general, the search lasted lasted more than 16 hours. 25 investigators and six

armed operatives searched the company's head office. law enforcement officers say that there were also lawyers, management and office employees, as well as armed security guards of the company. during authorized searches by baby of ukraine detectives in the premises of the main office of the holding, official documents were found, which testify to illegal business operations, unaccounted cash, drafts. records, seals of business entities. the company evaded the payment of the uniform military levy social contribution payable by the enterprise and vat. one of the founders of the company, yurko nazaruk , called this search maskeshow on his facebook page and said that the company was not informed about the investigation before the arrival of the investigators. the same information was repeated by the peer director of the holding, taras maselko, with whom i spoke the day before. when people come armed to the company's office. work is blocked in the open space, employees are not allowed to leave the office, then this seems

absurd at first glance, because we did not know about it before, some kind of investigation or court case, we have not received any requests for submission of any documents or interpretation of any of our activities, we are working in accordance with the law. of legislation and the fact that, well, he publishes photos of money and seals found in the accounting department, well, this is also kind of , well, for people who are engaged in and work with business in ukraine, it is simply funny, because in every accounting department there is money, there is stamps, and to do some such mask shows today, it's completely unusual, and the company's public relations officer says that to stop a profitable business... during the war, it on the contrary, it is harmful, and the problem with taxes is not that the company may have hid

them, it is that the tax system in ukraine is imperfect, and it is necessary to start reforming it, the fact that our tax system is imperfect, and that is for sure, well, not even it is worth reminding anyone, and if we are talking about the state's own regulation of such areas , then surely we need to start our own... systems, and not run with machine guns to the offices of companies and try to conduct searches and in this way explain something to someone or in a state of war, stop companies that create real economy, well, that's a little bit, we talk in different areas, and for those who don't know, i'll tell you that holding emotions fest is a chain of concept restaurants, which includes about 130 establishments and retail outlets and 40 own brands, among the popular

holding establishments kryivka, rebernia, pravda beer theater, lviv chocolate workshop , drunken cherry, clothing brand aviation halychyna, and other lviv and not only establishments, the company was founded in lviv in 2007 by andrii hudo, dmytro gerasimov and yurk nazaruk. users are currently active in social networks comment on this topic. someone supports businessmen, says that it is unacceptable to hide taxes under the guise of charity and war. olezhe, in the end i would like to add that the holding and its institutions continue to work now, and, as noted by the prosecutor general's office, until the court finds a person guilty, he is considered not guilty. in this case, the owners may face a fine of 20 to 33 million uah, and confiscation of property is possible. yes, thank you, bohdan. complex topic, thank you for understanding and being able to explain in detail what

happened, bohdan logunov, about the situation in lviv, where there were searches in one of the most famous holdings, his own business , the law enforcement officers say that there is not enough payment of taxes and, in fact, the representatives of the holding reject all the accusations, and at this very moment, danylo hetmantsev, chairman of the committee of the verkhovna rada of ukraine on finance, tax and customs policy, joins our broadcast, i congratulate you. congratulations, glory to ukraine. glory to the heroes, what is your position regarding the search of a well-known holding in lviv? what do you think about it, maybe business representatives or law enforcement approached you with some additional information, for additional support or something else? well, in fact, i want to remind you, dear viewers, listeners, that today everything that we collect as taxes goes to defense and security, we finance only 93% of defense

and security needs from taxes, unfortunately, in war they these expenses have increased significantly and we do not even have enough taxes to finance the army, every penny goes to the army, and therefore to talk about that we are philanthropists, or we help the army and therefore do not pay taxes , well, it seems to me that it is somewhat immoral, everyone is obliged to pay taxes and if, well, we saw these accusations, we saw these photos, we saw what according to the law enforcement officers, this is really a violation. it looks like this, and indeed, these taxes must be paid, and it seems to me that we can talk about the perfection or imperfection of the tax system, but while paying taxes, we can discuss what needs to be changed, what needs to be corrected, although, i want to note that the rates

taxes, our tax rates, they are lower than the common european ones and they are absolutely acceptable, so it is more about the desire or unwillingness to pay taxes, on the other hand, regarding law enforcement officers, i would like to note that such measures, which are absolutely appropriate, but they would be perceived by society, more positively, approvingly, if the law enforcement officers did not start their actions with the restaurant chain, which is not the biggest violator of the tax legislation today. and for example, from the excise market goods, from those cigarettes that are sold at half price without paying excise tax in kiosk networks in ukraine, in almost all cities, from tobacco product manufacturers who work without paying excise tax, from alcohol product manufacturers, from fuel manufacturers and fuel sellers,

who also play with the excise tax, and there are quite large deficits in the budget, according to our calculations, somewhere more than 30 billion a year, if the law enforcement officers would draw more attention to smuggling, which has become a national disaster and where we have significant reserves, and with forcing to pay taxes on the salary, it is definitely necessary and it is definitely necessary to pay taxes on the salary, this is mr. danilo, i will be with us so simply for a long time, i know that you have a lot of information on this matter, i will be contextual to ask how much is underpaid for example. the ukrainian budget due to these price schemes with the payment of wages, if there are any preliminary calculations, or it may be insufficient, we believe that it is more than 100 billion per year, this is a lot of money, it is enough, but here see what the issue is, in fact, business is not in a better position now, so we believe that the first thing we should pay attention to is precisely

smuggling, precisely excise goods, and as for business that pays for wages despite the war and creates jobs, then this question could be asked already in the second or third time, after we have dealt with more, well, dangerous types of offenses in taxation, but it must also be asked, in the near future, whether any strengthening of responsibility is expected in ukraine, for example for the payment of salaries in envelopes, or a change in tax legislation in the plan of strengthening for business. no, we don't see the potential right now for tax rate increases or for legislation to change, so you talked about reinstating tax audits, i would like to note, firstly, that this is a requirement of the memorandum with the international monetary fund, and the international monetary fund is insisting on full re-inspections, at the same time we are re-inspecting in a very soft

way, we are re-inspecting only risky enterprises, that is... enterprises, which have a tax burden lower than the average for the industry, for the relevant industry, by 50 percent or more according to the results of the 21st year, thus, if the enterprise does not pay taxes, or pays taxes significantly less than its competitors in the same in the industry under comparable conditions, the state has the right to ask questions, and why so, and such a risk-oriented approach to the renewal of inspections, it seems to me that it corresponds to the interests of business and the interests of the state and the interests of our partners, this is a certain compromise option, we discussed it with by business and the business itself also supports the fact that in such limited conditions it is possible to restore them. thank you very much, mr. danylo, for

explaining what your position is regarding what happened in lviv and, in general, what awaits business in ukraine further, danylo. hetmantsev, chairman of the committee of the verkhovna rada of ukraine on finance, tax and customs policy, guest of our broadcast. naju biden will address the american nation today regarding the situation in israel and ukraine, the white house reports. they say the president of the united states will speak a cabinet speech to discuss america's response to hamas's attack on israel and russia's war against ukraine. the day before, biden visited israel. he assured telyav of support from the united states of america, announced the allocation of 100... dollars in humanitarian aid for israel and the palestinians in gaza and the west bank of the jordan river. in addition, biden also said that he will ask congress this week to allocate an unprecedented package of military aid to israel. i arrived in israel with only one message, you are not alone, you are not alone, as long as the united states stands, and we will stand

forever, we will not let you be alone. the world will know that israel is stronger than ever, and my message to any nation or any other hostile entity thinking of attacking israel remains the same as it was a week ago. don't, don't, don't . reuters reports that after biden's meeting with the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu, tel aviv allowed to unblock the supply of humanitarian aid into the gaza strip from the side of egypt. previously, trucks with food, water and medicine stood at the rafah border between egypt and the gaza strip, but no help will come from israel, says the country's prime minister. meanwhile, at least 100 protesters occupied the united states congress building , calling on the law and joe biden's administration to demand a cease-fire in the gas attack, which they say is being carried out by israel after an attack by hamas militants, the afp agency reports. dressed in black

t-shirts, they held large banners with inscriptions cease fire and long live the gas. capitol police say protests inside the building are prohibited. the abc tv channel reported that about three hundred people were arrested. the protest was organized by the jewish anti-zionist organization jewish voice for peace. before the start of the sit-in , hundreds of people gathered in the square outside the capitol to demand that the biden administration call for a ceasefire. we continue to discuss this topic with our guest, maria zolkina, head of the regional security department and conflict research of the kucherev foundation, a researcher at the london school of economics and political science. i welcome you. good morning. let's perhaps, while we start with ukraine, to the journalists' questions about why the united states does not set conditions for israel regarding the use of cluster munitions, for example, but sets them in the case of ukraine. the deputy press secretary of the pentagon noted that ukraine and israel are waging two completely different

wars. do you agree with this statement and explanation? i don't quite agree, because after all, in the case of ukraine, a different diplomatic tactic works and our partners are guided by other motives. the united states, when it does not provide ukraine with certain types of weapons, or delays providing them. of these types of weapons, it was the same with airplanes, and at one time with tanks, and the most vivid example is long-range attack missiles of the type that ukraine needs to destroy russian military logistics in the deep rear, here is the logic of the american part, the american political system very tied to the consequences for russia the federation, that is, relatively speaking, is still dominated by the tactics of avoiding a paltry defeat. for the russian army, so that it does not provoke something inside russia that will not be under any control, and will not be predictable, that is

, this is an unpredictable scenario, and this is very likely in the event that the russian army does suffer a crushing defeat, which in no other way than a defeat it will not be possible to perceive on the battlefield, this is what the west is afraid of, including washington, so they act very carefully with how exactly they equip the ukrainian army, this is already straight away' today, with israel, taking into account the almost 70-year experience of various wars and conflicts that broke out in the region , tactics have developed completely differently, and there are such restrictions on the use of weapons, on the frameworks that are set, where it is possible to use weapons that the allies, in including the united states provides israel, and where these weapons cannot be used, such restrictions, unlike ukraine, are not imposed, therefore, in fact, the situation with israel is very different, very different from the situation with ukraine, in terms of tactics

supply of weapons. biden's active intervention in events in israel, his visit there, in particular , do you think he will help speed up the solution of the problem, in what way and what are the results of this visit, if possible briefly, because we don't have much time, but there are many questions for you , i don't think that it will be possible to reach any closer now. days to achieve some kind of detente, because firstly , what happened in the hospital in gaza and now a very strange story surrounding the confirmation of whose rocket it was, since the israeli side first published pictures on its official social media channels, but when journalists started criticizing, finding some inconsistencies, they immediately deleted it, which means that now there will be no investigation, which means that there will be a lot of bilateral accusations. namely this event, it can start an escalation that will not be possible in the coming days, and maybe even weeks, to stop diplomatically, moreover, in

the middle east, the united states, or because now they have clearly stood behind israel and recognize virtually any - what is israel's policy regarding the gas sector, well, it is automatically there an obstacle to a diplomatic conversation with those around the palestinian territories, with other arab countries, it automatically increases the tension, the best confirmation is that in jordan the four-way... summit that was supposed to take place with the participation of biden, the representative, the representative of the u.s. , egypt, jordan and the head of the palestinian national authority, which is the internationally recognized political leadership of palestine, this was canceled, this is the best proof that there will be no results in the coming days. mrs. maria, but in her own way addressing the american nation, what can biden say in the context of the events

taking place in israel and a full-scale war? well, i think there will be appeals to the fact that countries that are engaged in such an aggressive policy as russia, or individual terrorist groups, such as hamas, carry out aggressive actions against israel, appealing to the first events there on october 7, will be in an effort to combine this into an explanation of why the united states ... should be proactive in its defense and security policy on the international stage, i don't think it will to directly equate the two conflicts with each other, but the fact that they will be put on one side, in fact, of events that are now important for the united states on the international stage, i think this is what is being done, plus it is necessary to provide financial support, we know that

the provision of under funding to ukraine, including through the political process and within the republican party and between republicans and democrats, and regarding israel, why it may be more difficult to provide large funding now, because the reaction on israel is very heterogeneous in societies in the west, including in the united states, not everyone unequivocally believes that israel is doing everything right, and public opinion, and biden and others should pay attention too. ma'am, just a minute, i have a question regarding yesterday's visit of putin to china, what can you call the results of this visit and whether china will finally decide to publicly support russia in the war against ukraine? well, it seems to me that over the past six months, china has already publicly supported russia, despite the fact that it is theirs the official rhetoric has not changed and they are still pushing their idea with the so-called peace plan, but they are clearly on the other side,

let's say. yes, and this is very much visible now from their comments regarding ukraine and russia , and attempts to somehow help russia by the hands of those who do not feel sorry for north korea, in particular , the supply of weapons from north korea, so with regard to china, i think that it is no longer necessary to have any illusions that they are considering this tactic calmly and cautiously. dosed supply of weapons in ukraine, what are we talking about they spoke at first, they consider it a green light for themselves to organize aggressive actions against the same taiwan in the coming years, since the logic is the same, they see, thank you ms. maria, unfortunately, i have to interrupt our conversation, time is limited, maria zolkina, head of the regional security department and research of conflicts of the kucherev foundation, our guest, thank you for being with us, this is svoboda ranok, traditionally see you at this time

and see you tomorrow. greetings, the news team is ready to share with you the most up-to-date information about situation in ukraine and the world at the moment, kateryna is working with you. on broadband at night , the enemy attacked industrial, civilian and military facilities of ukraine. the russians launched five iskander ms-300 ballistic missiles and one kh-59 cruise missile. at the same time, they attacked with shaheds, launching nine drones over ukraine, the air force reported. our defenders of the sky managed to shoot down three attack drones and an kh-59 missile.

in particular, this night the russians a