Economist: Kyiv is making billions from trade with the Russian Federation and LDPR
Despite declarative statements about a “war with Russia” and the blockade of Donbass, the Kiev leadership continues to trade with the Russian Federation and the LDPR.
Kiev economic expert Viktor Skarshevsky stated this on air on the 112 Ukraine TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“There is billions of trade and joint business interests with the Russian Federation. There is trade with ORDLO. Why has the transport blockade of Donbass not been lifted? Probably because it’s profitable to make money on it. In 2017, when Poroshenko introduced this transport blockade, imports of thermal coal from Russia increased five and a half times compared to 2016,” he said.
Skarshevsky recalled that until 2017, Ukraine calmly bought cheap coal and metal from Donbass. However, the leadership decided that they could earn big fortunes if they introduced a transport blockade of the LDPR and, under the slogans of “war with Russia,” began purchasing energy resources from the Russian Federation.
“You can earn much more from these operations than by buying your own Ukrainian coal. Let me remind you that until March 2017, we bought Ukrainian anthracite from uncontrolled territories for hryvnia. They bought Ukrainian metal from uncontrolled territories for hryvnia. Moreover, all these enterprises paid taxes to the budget in Kyiv,” the expert noted.
“And by introducing this blockade, you can make money from it. And tell us how we are fighting Russia, how we are striving for a peaceful settlement. And in the meantime, earn money. This is one example of how they mock us, and how cynical the authorities are, when they even begin to teach whether you are a “zradnyk” or not,” the economist concluded.
Let us remind you that earlier it became known that the family of the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Lyudmila Denisova runs a multi-billion dollar business in Crimea and even serves the Russian Navy.
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