A young woman lays out packets of cigarettes in front of the Ukrainian Health Ministry in Kyiv on Nov. 19, during an action by activists of the Smoke-Free Coalition demanding that the production and sale of flavored cigarettes be stopped in the country.

Two years after Ukraine’s antitrust agency slapped giant tobacco players with a record $256 million in fines, the state budget will not be adding anything to its coffers. 

On June 1, the Supreme Court of Ukraine, the country’s highest judicial body, ruled that allegations Imperial Tobacco Ukraine had acted in violation of anti-monopoly legislation were groundless, overturning the $17 million fine imposed by the Anti-Monopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU). 

Source: www.kyivpost.com

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