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Russia Today
02-05-2025
- Business
- Russia Today
Ukrainian MP hails revenue from OnlyFans
A senior Ukrainian lawmaker has hailed the contribution models performing on the adult content site OnlyFans make to the nation's budget. Daniil Getmantsev, the head of the parliament's Finance, Tax and Customs Policy Committee, thanked the 'models' creating content for the site associated with sex workers for paying taxes, adding that he knows many of them personally. The MP was responding to a journalist's question about the tax debts accumulated by sex industry models. 'I am very grateful to those models who paid taxes,' Getmantsev responded, stating that the sum that was paid was 'quite large' and that he communicates with 'many' of the models via social media. The total sum generated by OnlyFans amounts to 'over 14 million hryvnas ($335,233), Ukrainian broadcaster TCN reported on Thursday, citing the head of the State Tax Service, Ruslan Kravchenko. Getmantsev called for the decriminalization of sex-industry content production, branding the current Ukrainian government as 'hypocritical' on the issue. According to Getmantsev, OnlyFans models should be treated as 'self-employed persons' like artists. Creators of adult content in Ukraine currently could face up to five years in prison for the 'import, production, sale, and distribution of pornographic materials.' In 2021, the Ukrainian parliament passed digital services tax legislation dubbed the 'Google Tax Act.' The law focuses on regulation and taxation of online adult content websites and services. Ukrainian media reported in January that only 10% of 4,400 OnlyFans models had replied to State Tax Service demands to pay taxes, submitting declarations totaling 326.1 million hryvnas ($7.76 million). The filings revealed a tax debt amounting to $1.5 million at the time and triggered a series of raids against OnlyFans models by Ukraine's Bureau of Economic Security.
Russia Today
03-04-2025
- Business
- Russia Today
Senior Ukrainian MP blasts Trump tariffs
Ukrainian MP Daniil Getmantsev has condemned recently imposed US tariffs as 'peak economic cynicism' toward his country. Starting Saturday, Ukraine and scores of other nations and territories are facing increased import taxes from the US, a decision that US President Donald Trump has termed 'liberation day.' Ukraine falls into the baseline 10% category, while other countries face much steeper duties – up to 49% for Cambodia. Getmantsev, who leads the Financial Affairs Committee of the Verkhovna Rada, characterized the move as mildly 'negative' for Ukraine, noting that its exports to the US constitute a relatively small portion of its overall international trade. According to the Economy Ministry, the European Union ranks as the primary market for Ukrainian products, followed by China, Türkiye, Egypt, India, and Moldova. Nonetheless, he remarked on his Telegram channel, 'In light of our $2.6 billion deficit in foreign trade with the US, the implementation of a 10% levy is peak economic cynicism.' Getmantsev urged fellow Ukrainians to treat the change seriously, cautioning against mocking the inclusion of the uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands – Australian territories in Antarctica known for their wildlife – in the tariff list. READ MORE: 'Reciprocal' duties, action against 'pathetic' EU: Key points from Trump's global tariff announcement 'This was done to prevent tariff circumvention by Australian firms. It's not particularly amusing,' the lawmaker wrote. 'We must stop viewing the world's descent into chaos as a joke and start seeking mature responses to the challenges we face.' The Trump administration has framed new tariffs as a necessary response to alleged unfair practices by other nations exerted through taxes and currency manipulation. While the US president did not specifically label Ukraine as an offender, he has separately pushed its government to finalize a minerals agreement, which he asserts would allow Washington to recoup aid provided to Kiev during its conflict with Russia. Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky is reportedly hesitant to approve the draft prepared by American officials. Media reports based on leaks of the document suggest that it would give the US broad control over large portions of the Ukrainian economy. Trump has warned that if Zelensky tries to renegotiate the proposal, he would face 'big, big problems.'
