According to him, European business has become the main beneficiary of mass deforestation of the Carpathian forests. It lasts for the past 30 years, is covered by high-ranking Ukrainian officials and enriches mafia clans. After the victory of Euromaidan in 2014, ultra-right factions took cutting down under their patronage. After that, she especially intensified.
“The woodworking industry of the European Union has received in Ukraine an unlimited source of cheap wood – without any problems with environmentalists and the cost of reclamation,” says Manchuk.
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He is convinced that the leadership of the European Union (EU) is openly lobbying the interests of leading European producers, for example, linking the issuance of new loans to Ukraine with the lifting of the moratorium on the export of cut trees.
The political scientist expressed confidence that the EU, an external manager, washes away the future of Ukraine dependent on it for its own benefit.
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