{"publisher":{"name":"MediaBias News","url":"https://mediabias.news","methodology":"https://mediabias.news/methodology","editorialPrinciples":"https://mediabias.news/editorial-principles","corrections":"https://mediabias.news/corrections"},"scoreGuide":{"trust":"How well corroborated and evidenced the source reporting is. 0-100, higher is better.","critic":"Craft quality of the source journalism: context, balance, fact vs comment. 0-100, higher is better.","hype":"How far the source presentation runs ahead of substance. 0-100, LOWER IS BETTER.","scope":"Scores assess the original reporting this article was written from, not the truth of the underlying event and not the quality of this write-up."},"assessmentGuide":{"type":"coverage-and-source-reporting-analysis","factCheck":{"status":"not-performed","note":"Media Bias News compares coverage and scores the source reporting. 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The industry currently operates outside of legal frameworks and faces the threat of criminal sanctions. Lawmakers believe that bringing the sector into the open and taxing its income could generate significant state revenue."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak estimated that the legalised industry could raise USD 25 million annually. This sum, according to the proposal's proponents, would be sufficient to purchase 30,000 drones for the Ukrainian military. The proposal has successfully passed its initial reading in Ukraine's Parliament."},{"type":"heading","text":"Coverage disagreements"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Reports differ on the specific amount of revenue the industry could generate. Latestly and Wall-Street report that lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak estimated the industry could raise USD 25 million a year. Gazetepencere.com states the industry has been operating off the books for years in an effort to close a budget deficit caused by the war. 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