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Ukraine Weighs Taxing OnlyFans Porn to Fund Drones and Defense
(clashreport.com)
Okay... so long as we stop there and not let the bit continue. 😬
Ukraine is considering dismantling its ban on pornography as lawmakers seek to bring a large online adult industry into the tax system and redirect millions of dollars toward the country’s wartime needs.
Yaroslav Zhelezniak, an opposition lawmaker who chairs Parliament’s finance committee, estimates legalization could generate as much as $25 million a year, according to The Wall Street Journal.
He says that would be enough to finance about 30,000 drones.
The sum is modest against Ukraine’s stated annual defense requirement of $120 billion.
However, supporters argue the industry is already generating taxable income while operating under laws that expose creators to criminal prosecution.
A bill co-authored by Zhelezniak passed its first parliamentary vote in July and is awaiting a second reading.
Do you want me to start paying for porn?
Because that's how you get me to start paying for porn.
Time for a new startup, "DronelyFans"
Why did they ban porn in the first place?
Because Ukraine was once a very conservative country.
Being part of a Soviet Union would do that, unfortunately.
Porn ban started in 2001.
Probably anti-russian/pro-west backlash, tbh. Lot of pro-jesus laws passed around the world as a way to reject the USSR.
Also likely wanting to curtail sex work in general, as Westerners were going to former Soviet countries for sex tourism.
In fact, right after Russia invaded Ukraine, “Ukrainian women” became a top 10 pornhub search.
Well yeah, anything that's in the news is gonna end up on a porn site. Its like how trans porn trends in right wing states: it's not cause right wing states are secretly horny for trans people, it's just that a certain percentage of people treat pornhub like google. Just so happens that Fox News talks about trans folks a lot. Talked about Ukraine a lot back then too.
Curtailing sex work in general, yes. Lots of conservative Orthodox folks over there. Russia too. They're basically the same people. That border used to feel like Schengen before Schengen.
I have no idea how it is these days, but in the 90s there was a lot of trafficking going on in eastern Europe. Curtailing sex work in general might've been seen as a necessary evil to reduce that. Make your country as boring as possible to predators.
But yes, true on the conservative Orthodox folks too.
I believe they had a pretty large mail order bride thing going on.
still is
Same reason the US is having problems with conservatives wanting to ban drag shows and have everyone to give all their information to third party companies for age verification. Their imaginary sky daddy told them to be an angry asshole to everyone having fun or minding their own business.
Also control… never forget they just want to control what others do with their bodies.
Lmao, gooners will bring the demise of Russia. What a timeline to live in.
Fap for Ukraine!
Tax dat ass?
Legalize sex work, tax corporations.
this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2026
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