At the end of 2008, I decided to take the experience of American politicians and arrange paid dinners with businessmen. All US presidents are used to hold such public meetings with business representatives that fill the country's budget, but for Ukraine and Kyiv it was know-how.
The holding of such dinners also pursued the goal of fighting corruption. Do you want to get things done quickly? Okay. Pay the budget an amount less than a bribe and feel calm
You could also dine with other leaders of the Kyiv City State Administration: with first deputies Denis Bass, Anatoly Golubchenko or Irena Kilchitskaya - for 10 thousand dollars, deputy Lyudmila Denisyuk - for 7 thousand dollars, with heads of departments - for 5 thousand dollars.
So, on December 25 Anatoly Golubchenko had dinner with Kyiv businessmen at the Porto Maltese restaurant. Each of the guests paid 9.5 thousand US dollars for the meeting. In total Golubchenko collected 57 thousand dollars. The city budget did not spend a penny on dinner.
The restaurant kindly offered us its services free of charge, considering the social essence of the event and the further use of funds.
Alexander Lutsky also met with ten businessmen who donated about $70,000 to charity.
However, in February 2009 it was decided to put the initiative on hold.