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Ukraine weighs new tax revenue source to help fund war effort - WSJ

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Ukraine is considering legalizing and taxing an industry that currently operates largely outside the formal economy, potentially generating up to $25 million in annual revenue that could be directed toward the country’s mounting defense needs, the Wall Street Journal reported. A bill that would legalize pornography in Ukraine is awaiting a second reading in parliament after passing its first vote in July. Supporters are framing the proposal partly as a way to bring an existing online industry into the tax system at a time when Kyiv faces enormous wartime spending requirements.

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Every few weeks, Svitlana Dvornikova leaves home, near the front line of Ukraine, and heads for a luxury villa rented on the Mediterranean coast of France or Spain. She makeup herself, puts on a wig, high heels and chooses a pseudonym. Dvornikova is not there to escape the war. She travels abroad to broadcast live solo shows to her one million subscribers on the online platform for adults OnlyFans. If she does this in Ukraine, she could go to pr…

·Bucharest, Romania
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EADaily, 6 September 2026. Ukraine is considering the possibility of legalizing the porn industry to supplement the military budget, writing The Wall Street Journal with reference to Deputy Jaroslav Zheleznyak.

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Kiev asks for taxes from the models of the platform, but those who declare the profits risk confessing a crime. In 2023 nearly 8 thousand Ukrainians have cashed over 131 million dollars. Now the Parliament thinks of legalization

·Turin, Italy
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Pornography is banned in Ukraine, which could change, even to strengthen the military.

·Berlin, Germany
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Wall Street Journal broke the news in New York, United States on Sunday, September 6, 2026.
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