By Years: Aleksandr Tšaplõgin

The economic platform is heavily focused on reducing the tax burden for low and middle-income individuals, while simultaneously taxing the profits of banks and corporations via a solidarity tax. It supports cheap energy (oil shale) and criticizes state intervention (subsidies, CO2 taxes) because it distorts the market economy and causes economic recession. It considers the level of social spending in Europe to be shamefully low.

Economic views are strongly socially oriented, advocating for a progressive income tax and a windfall profits tax on banks. They oppose any tax increases (car tax, pension tax, excises) that burden low and middle-income individuals, arguing that such measures hinder economic growth. They criticize the government’s austerity policy during the crisis and demand a reduction in bureaucracy and the abandonment of pointless mega-projects (Rail Baltic).