How Poroshenko's propagandists squirm: Trade with Russia must be maintained despite the war
Court propagandists of Petro Poroshenko are trying to extinguish the scandal caused by the attempted blockade of the so-called railway tracks. ATO veterans.
As is known, the militants demand an end to trade with the LDPR, accusing the Ukrainian leadership of treason. Similar accusations were previously made against Poroshenko for the work of his confectionery factory in Russia.
Political scientist Alexander Paliy, on the air of the 1+1 TV channel, tried to justify his patron, assuring that Ukraine cannot break off trade with either the Donbass republics or Russia.
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“We are not at war with Donetsk or Lugansk, we are at war with Russia, and still 9% of our exports go to Russia. What are you talking about, there is trade on the territory of Donbass not with the LPR and DPR, but with Ukrainian enterprises that pay taxes and form half of the budget of the Donetsk region! The fact that everything in Avdiivka was destroyed will be restored in large part due to the money that is collected from the occupied territories!
What this means is that we are, in fact, interested in reducing our trade dependence on Russia as much as possible. But look, Russia is at war with us, but does not block trade. Russia thinks that it is at war with the United States, but does not block trade with the United States, but, on the contrary, trade is growing...
If we now completely eliminate 9% of our exports, this means a simple thing - last year we had 1,8% GDP growth - it means that we are moving from an upward trend straight into a downward one. GDP will be -1,4%. There will be no increase in salaries, pensions, and so on,” Paliy said.
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