For cooperation with the occupier: Legislative measures on companies remaining in the Russian Federation

The enemy, which remains near the shelves of Ukrainian supermarkets and still presents products from companies that continue to business in the Russian Federation. Sponsoring the aggressor, they do not give up profits from the pockets of ordinary Ukrainians, who suffer the greatest losses daily - stability, safety, peaceful future and eventually life. Video Day SOS FUND UA Founder on the same shelves-manufacturers who refused any cooperation with Russia.

And the average consumer does not distinguish white from black: some of them will check whether a particular company continues in the Russian Federation, but not all. Thanks to activists and media, some of the Russian Frendley are hearing, such as Auchan and Leroy Merlin. However, such companies, manufacturers and goods are much more. Consumers can still be distinguished by goods that are still sold in the Russian Federation.

The marking of goods from Russia in supermarkets has become familiar to Ukrainians. Similar measures can be taken in the case of imported goods that are still presented in the occupier. Moreover, such companies can put the burden of additional taxation. It was such a legislative initiative that was launched at the end of March 2022. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has been submitted by the Law 7232 on amendments to the Tax Code.

According to a document that has a very wide scope, the state should increase the rates of some taxes for companies with economic relations with the Russian Federation - in particular, income, property, environmental tax and rent. The bill also provides for the requirement of labeling products with a warning of the manufacturer with Russia. "One's own and alien": the force of the law of implementation of such a law has a number of diverse advantages: 1.

Easy to identify sponsors of the Russian Federation. Thanks to the special marking, the Ukrainian consumer will easily recognize such goods on the shelves and not fund companies that are actually sponsors of war. The initiators of this bill, in particular, emphasized, Metro, Auchan and Leroy Merlin pay $ 700 million taxes to the Russian Federation's budget.

This amount would be enough for the purchase of 64 Su-25, 175 tanks, 206 Iskander missiles, 933 Caliber missiles or 2 million AK-74 machines that would be used against Ukraine. 2. Thank you to the responsible business. The clear distinguishing of "their own and other people's" will be a fair competitive advantage for responsible producers who, despite possible profits, have chosen a financially unprofitable path and refused to work in the Russian Federation.

Among them, in particular, German car manufacturers of Volkswagen, Mercedes Benz, BMW, American company Apple. And there are many such examples. 3. Additional funds in the state budget. Increasing tax rates for companies related to an aggressor state is a source of additional revenues to the Ukrainian Budget. Today, these companies are the largest players from various industries.

Thus, one of the largest tobacco companies in the world in 2020 had 22% market share in Ukraine, and the world leader in the Red Bull energy drinks in 2021 had 7% of the corresponding market in Ukraine. Even now, according to Yale Celi List, it has ~ $ 100 million in the Russian Federation. Attention to the question as an additional incentive in early April 2022, the Verkhovna Rada supported the draft law in the first reading, and in May, its updated text appeared in May.

However, no progress with consideration and actual approval has not been observed in recent months. The increase of the attention of society, the leaders of the thought and the media may be the restoration of the recovery of the processes of its processing.

At the same time, the adoption of this law will help to increase financial and reputational pressure on international companies, and will create an additional impetus for them to withdraw from Russia and stop financing military aggression against Ukraine. By the way, similar proposals for additional legal regulation were already in Europe, and the US Senate presented a bill S. 4218 (IS) to support Ukraine through the Tax Code.