fuel and energy of ukraine in 1999, 2005, chairman of the council of the union of the all-ukrainian energy assembly. we are in touch with mr. ivan, we welcome you. good day, mr. ivan. yes, congratulations, congratulations, good health to everyone. and what is so sad and sad the new york times today published an article with the headline: ukraine enters the winter with a weak energy system, they write that our energy system today is weaker, more fragile , more vulnerable than it was a year ago, because we did not have time to restore everything that was damaged in another year during the previous winter, did not have time to restore, protect enough for this winter, what do you say to that? well, it is really so, and it is quite understandable, and we know that those missile strikes that took place not only during the autumn-winter maximum, but constantly, they damaged probably around 30, and maybe even more up to 40% of energy infrastructure facilities, this is a lot, and it was completely unrealistic and impossible at the time. to restore everything, because these are very such objects, huge, they

us, the former minister of coal and energy, chairman of the board of the union of the all-ukrainian energy assemblyuch with us, good health, thank you for finding time for us. mr. ivan, greetings, greetings to all, i have many such questions for you, i... said energy-philosophical questions, look, here now the national commission that carries out state regulation in the spheres of energy and communal services, nkrr, said that on november 16 it approved a draft decision on increasing a number of business tariffs for the 24th year, and the question arises whether it is possible, how and whether it is possible at all to balance the opportunities of citizens and businesses with the needs of the state, the state wants more money, there is definitely a war, we need more of this money, but on the other hand, business, whether the business can or is able to pay, whether the citizens are able to pay, these are all obvious things, and they are in by myself among themselves in contradictions, what do you say, mr. ivan, well, this issue has existed for many years, all the years of independence, so tell me? ple

plachkov, former minister of fuel and energy, chairman of the council of the union of the all-ukrainian energy assembly, mr. ivan, with us. we welcome you to our air. yes, congratulations, good health to everyone, well, first of all, mr. ivan, let's start with the topic of what to expect from this winter, as you may have also seen, a high-profile publication where one of the unnamed employees of the president's office says that they expect even more shelling. than even last winter, but this time , he says, no one will apologize to us and they will say that you did not prepare well, what do you think about it, as in particular the ex-minister of energy, well, look, what to expect, it is difficult to say, so what is here many factors, well, first of all, what will the winter be like, well, if it is abnormally cold, then the situation is the same, if it is warm, then it is clear that we will pass it. we will pass, more or less, without any such complex difficulties, such big ones, well, from the point of view of preparation, well, first of all, there are three factors that characterize the state of prepar

energy, two-time minister of fuel and energy, chairman of the board of the union of the all-ukrainian energy assembly was with us and we are far from moving away from economic issues, because now we will have... boris koshnirukh, economist, and we will talk with him about the other side economy and finance of ukraine. if he appeared, he appeared, it's very nice, mr. boris, thank you for finding time for us. can you explain, the verkhovna rada increased the bank profit tax to 50% in 2023 and 25% thereafter, that's what, that's all. earned the bank he will give half to the state now until december 31, and then he will give out a quarter, i'll just explain so that we understand, because we don't, i definitely don't understand, congratulations, you know, we live in a time of such a certain absurdity, and to a certain extent amazing, a combination of, on the one hand, the incredible heroism and professionalism of the military, the military, and at the same time, the extremely low incompetence , corruption, and helplessness of the government and the actions of the national bank, this is precisely the conse