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The Economic Times
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Porn may be legalised and taxed in Ukraine as new bill aims to generate $25 million to fund the war against Russia

Ukraine's Parliament is considering a bill that would legalise pornography and bring the country's adult entertainment industry into the formal tax system, a move lawmakers say could generate as much as $25 million in revenue for the war against Russia, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.

The bill, backed by lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak, who chairs Parliament's finance committee, estimates that the money raised could be enough to fund around 30,000 drones for the front lines. It has already passed its first reading in July and is now awaiting a second.

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