“What did they talk about today?”, — write: epravda.com.ua
About raising taxes. The laws on the state budget for 2025 and on changes to the Tax Code will be signed by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi in the coming days and will enter into force on December 1. About the price of cigarettes. The Verkhovna Rada’s Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy has generally supported the government draft law on increasing the excise tax on tobacco products. About the fall of the ruble. The Russian ruble has fallen more than 24% since early August, when its slide began, and could continue to weaken. About Gazprom shares. The weakening ruble almost brought Gazprom’s shares down to $1 per paper. Advertisement: About the Podilsky Bridge. From December 1, the movement of passenger cars and city passenger transport for general use will be allowed on the Podilsk bridge crossing over the Dnipro River. Advertisement: About power outages. On Thursday, November 28, blackout schedules for domestic consumers will be applied from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. EP exclusives: The Great Procrastinator. Why Zelensky is postponing tax increases The president pretends not to notice the state budget deficit. Taxes must be raised to cover it. If this is not done, the country risks reducing part of its defense spending. Huge expenditures on war and dependence on imports. Will the Kremlin’s economy last? Recently, Western media have been publishing materials about the stability of Russia’s economy. Is it really so and why is it inflated by inflation? In fact, it is the state of the economy that will force Putin to make concessions.
