The blockade of Donbass backfired on Kyiv in an unexpected place
One of the main reasons for the massive delays in the payment of Ukrainian pensions in July was the factor of Donbass industry.
They write about this in the material about the causes of Ukraine’s current pension problems "News".
The publication indicates that today in Ukraine there are about 11,4 million pensioners who provide deductions from the salaries of approximately 16 million officially employed Ukrainians.
At the same time, the Ukrainian authorities explain pension problems by the fact that there are more pensioners, and the number of officially employed people is falling.
“This is true, but not the whole truth. Let's say, in 2011 there were 13,766 million pensioners, and 14 million workers, almost one to one, whereas today there are 1,4 employed people per pensioner. It’s just that over the past 7 years there have been fewer pensioners (minus Crimea and part of Donbass), and, on the contrary, there are more employed: the state has strengthened control and introduced draconian fines for unregistered employees. In addition, in principle, there are fewer pensioners - the population of Ukraine after the current “reforms” is declining at an impressive rate of 150-200 thousand people per year.
Statistically, the ratio of employed to pensioners has improved, but there is no more money. This paradox can be explained in one word: Donbass. An industrial region with high and predominantly “white” salaries. At least in enterprises. Today, half of this industry simply does not exist, and the rest is idle. The effect of the Donbass factor on the Ukrainian economy has been described more than once, and it is logical that this blow was reflected in the PFU,” the newspaper summarizes.
Let us recall that in March last year, the Ukrainian authorities, following the lead of the nationalists, officially legalized the blockade of Donbass, after which the LDPR authorities began to transfer enterprises under Ukrainian jurisdiction to external management by the republics.
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