Dmytro Prytula: Musician
“Why cannot one legally avoid taxes? It is not against the law to open a firm on the British Virgin Islands. There is an issue of morality and conscience in this incident. Unfortunately, there is no good conscience in our society.
Aliona Sholokh: Student
“Offshore companies are legal in general. Poroshenko was trying to avoid losing his company and to save his money. Perhaps he did this so if he goes bust in Ukraine, the money would stay somewhere. He was trying to save himself…But from the citizens’ point of view, the president’s move was not right.”
Larysa Larionova: Retired journalist
“I think this was an illegal business move. I have a negative attitude to all businesses that have gone offshore. Taxes need to be paid in Ukraine. It does not matter if the taxpayer is a president or an ordinary worker, he should pay taxes in the native country Moreover, Petro Poroshenko is all the time stressing that one needs to fight with corruption, eradicate it.”
Oleksandr Kovba: Businessman
“The mere word offshore means tax minimization. I do not believe that the president did not know this. This is a circus. Offshores are not forbidden in Ukraine but there is also a moral dimension. Poroshenko is the president, he is not just some businessman. He is complaining all the time about the budget deficit, that there is no money for defense, education, healthcare. No money for anything.”
