Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
28%
5 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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Publisher signals
66/100
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Ukraine is looking to an unexpected revenue source to replenish its war coffers: porn.
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Ukraine → look → coffers
A second reading on a bill to decriminalize pornography is on the agenda for the current legislative session — which runs through February — after it passed a first reading in July with overwhelming support by a vote of 231-8.
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it → decriminalize → 231
Ukraine is one of a small number of European countries where making or possessing any kind of porn is still a criminal offense — punishable by up to seven years in prison — along with Bulgaria, Iceland, Lithuania, Belarus and Russia.
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making → make → Bulgaria
Decriminalizing Ukraine’s lucrative underground industry would generate an estimated $25 million in tax revenue, according to data from the country’s State Tax Service.
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Decriminalizing → decriminalize → Service
That could help offset growing military expenses to fend off Moscow — and bridge a $27 billion budget gap, lawmakers have argued.
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lawmakers → help → gap
“Ask yourself … who benefits,” Yaroslav Zhelezniak, a co-author of the bill in the Ukrainian parliament, said in a speech during the first reading of the bill.
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Zhelezniak → ask → bill
“Unfortunately, it’s not the Ukrainian state budget … all that money remains in the shadow economy.”
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money → ’ → economy
Zhelezniak argued the funds would be enough to purchase 30,000 drones to help Ukraine as it enters its fifth year of the war against Russia strongman Vladimir Putin.
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it → argue → Putin
The bill was born out of a petition filed last year by Svitlana Dvornikova — an OnlyFans star who boasts 1 million subscribers — after federal authorities asked her to pay $900,000 in taxes on her income in 2024 — only to later use it against the content creator to raid her home, seize her electronics and file criminal charges against her.
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authorities → bear → her
The taxes she filed alone could pay for 100 new military pickup trucks or 2,000 drones, Dvornikova said.
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Dvornikova → file → trucks
“We paid these taxes with one eye open, suspecting it might end badly,” she said in a phone interview, according to the Washington Post.
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she → pay → Post
“I wanted to support my country, give more money to the war, to our soldiers — we really thought this would contribute something.”
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this → want → something
Her petition gathered the 25,000 signatures needed to trigger a response from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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petition → gather → Zelensky
“If we end up legalizing this, it means we can work calmly, make money properly and pay taxes to the state.
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we → end → state
” said Dvornikova, whose criminal case has been put on pause as the bill proceeds.
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bill → say → pause
“We want to do our duty.”
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We → want → duty
Nearly 7,900 Ukrainian OnlyFans creators made more than $131 million in 2023, according to the data the tax service received from the adult site’s parent company in the United Kingdom.
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service → make → Kingdom
It was after Ukraine’s tax authority received that data that it began sending letters to OnlyFans models across the country demanding they pay up.
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they → receive → country
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