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Former Verkhovna Rada deputy from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, known for his scandalous antics, Stepan Barna, had an argument on the UkrLife TV channel with economic expert Viktor Skarshevsky, for which he was sent in a certain direction. As a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, the incident occurred after Skarshevsky blamed ex-President Petro Poroshenko for economic failures and announced a drop in living standards under...
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? Maybe,…
Due to rising energy prices, prices for almost all Ukrainian goods, including food, are expected to rise. Growford Institute analyst Viktor Skarshevsky stated this on the First Independent TV channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “It will clearly be more than 10%, maybe even up to 15% per year. This is general inflation, food may even more. There is a limit to the price increase -...
Ukraine should not expect economic development in the near future. Viktor Skarshevsky, a Kiev economist at the Growford Institute, said this on air on the First Cossack TV channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Skarshevsky, the memorandum with the IMF, which the Ukrainian authorities concluded in order to receive the next tranche, only provides for an increase in tariffs for the population. “From this meager press release that we are now...
Half of the territory of Ukraine could be left without gas if Russia takes extreme measures - it stops pumping its fuel through the Ukrainian gas transportation system. Economic expert Viktor Skarshevsky stated this on the First Independent TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Skarshevsky, Russia will not violate its contractual obligations, because it will pay for transit, but not carry out...
After 2024, when the current Russian-Ukrainian gas transit agreement expires, the Ukrainian gas transportation system will actually become useless. Kiev economist Viktor Skarshevsky writes about this, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports, in his blog. who noted that Russian gas pipelines bypassing Ukraine began to be built 20 years ago. “The problem is that in the early 2000s, although this idea was very active...
The “tax amnesty” law adopted by the Verkhovna Rada in the second reading, according to which a one-time declaration of assets of individuals is introduced to legalize their income, will not bring additional revenue to the budget of Ukraine. Viktor Skarshevsky, an analyst at the Growford Institute, said this in a conversation on Apostrophe-TV, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The result of the tax amnesty for the budget will be zero. According to the head of the tax...
Vladimir Zelensky and his entourage are using the Security Council to redistribute property, bypassing court decisions, trying to turn themselves into “mini-oligarchs.” However, all decisions of the National Security and Defense Council that are made for this purpose are illegal and will sooner or later be challenged in court. Economist Viktor Skarshevsky said this in a conversation on Apostrophe-TV, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The know-how of the current government, this...
Against the backdrop of widespread poverty, Ukrainian authorities continue to raise energy and utility tariffs and deprive people of social benefits. Economist Viktor Skarshevsky stated this on air on the ukrlife.tv channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “There are poor people in all countries, the question is their number. Half of our people are poor. I wouldn't know how...
Compared to the pre-Maidan period, the ratio of the number of births to the number of deaths in Ukraine has fallen by half, which, together with labor migration, leads to a sharp decline in the population. Kiev economist Viktor Skarshevsky stated this on air on the ukrlife.tv channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Our labor migration does not stop, and now the quarantine will be lifted and a new wave will pour in...
The detention of one of the organizers of mass unrest in Belarus, Roman Protasevich, with an emergency landing of a plane in Minsk, could have been provoked by his Western curators, so that the West would have a reason to impose further sanctions against Belarus. Viktor Skarshevsky, an analyst at the Growford Institute, stated this on the NASH TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He also noted that severing ties with Belarus could...
Ukraine can no longer influence the completion of Nord Stream 2; at the international level everything is decided without it. The only thing that could be done to preserve the role of a transit country is to modernize its own gas transportation system, but Ukraine does not do this. Kiev economist Viktor Skarshevsky, an analyst at the Growford Institute, stated this on the NASH TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. "Unfortunately…
New borrowings under government bonds may lead to excessive strengthening of the hryvnia, fraught with losses for the Ukrainian economy. Economist Viktor Skarshevsky stated this on the UKRLIFE.TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “There is a risk of a sharp strengthening. But that's just a risk. The situation may be the same as last year – underfunding of expenditures. According to data for January...
Developed countries do not want to share vaccines with those who are unable to buy them, which fully applies to Ukraine. Economist Viktor Skarshevsky said this in a conversation on the NASH TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “In terms of vaccine distribution on a global scale, we saw the clearest indicator that there is no justice or any humanitarian goals...
