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At Tuesday's session of the Riigikogu, the amendment of the Income Tax Act was processed. The bill was presented by Jürgen Ligi, who pointed out the reasons for price increases in Estonia: "The overwhelming reason for price increases in Estonia, the overwhelming reasons, if we talk about the analyzes of economists, is the war created by Putin's government, the energy war. The energy war began a year before the war. That's where our big inflation numbers come from." Mart Helme asked about such talk: "Dear Minister! I think I heard correctly that you said that Putin is taxing all of Europe, all other countries. At the same time, I read here in the news that Russia's foreign debt has fallen to an all-time low and the foreign trade balance is barely positive. Is it also a result of the fact that he has skillfully taxed the rest of Europe, or how do you explain it?" Jürgen Ligi: "The fact that Putin taxes, I should perhaps have used quotation marks here, the whole of Europe, is fact, the tax is raised largely only because the countries can no longer fulfill their commitments and have to take on new commitments in the form of defense costs, generally in the form of security costs. So this wording was deliberate and precise. Putin taxes the whole of Europe, and Estonia at a higher rate." The Minister of Finance reiterated his point when he replied to Kovalenko-Kõlvart: "But Putin raises taxes." Of course, such an approach caused confusion among the deputies, to which Evelin Poolamets asked the following: "Good minister! You said that Putin is behind all the tax increases. At the same time, we know that high energy prices are also a brake on the economy, and the price of renewable energy makes the energy price high. Can it be said that Putin is also behind the price of the fee for renewable energy?" Ligi then advised Polametsa not to act as Putin's lawyer.