Rada deputy says evaders in Ukraine pay up to $2bn a year in fees

Evaders in Ukraine pay a total of up to $2bn a year in evasion fees, Verkhovna Rada deputy Dmytro Natalukha has said.

“Shadow economic reservation, the volumes of which per year starting from $700 million to $2 billion, this is the most adequate calculations, you will be surprised,” he told Ukrainian TV channel TSN.

Earlier in the Dniester drowned evader, who gave $10 thousand to leave Ukraine.

Before that, SBU officers intercepted in Odessa region minibuses with 47 conscripted men who were going to illegally cross the border.