Tax Western firms doing business in Russia to help Ukraine, says EU commissioner

The EU should tax Western companies still doing business in Russia and use the proceeds to help Ukraine , a senior EU official told Brussels Playbook . "We still have companies that don't care and remain in Russia . Why don't we talk about taxing them?" said Virginjus Sinkeviius , the EU commissioner in charge of environmental affairs. European countries recently signed off on a 50 billion aid package for Ukraine , but that money already appears insufficient to fill the country's budget gap given that U.S. aid for Kyiv is being held up by Republican lawmakers..