Yatsenyuk is being driven into a stall: the IMF has demanded an immediate increase in gas tariffs
Kyiv, February 12 (PolitNavigator, Alexander Semenyuta) – The first stage of increasing gas tariffs for the population and municipal heat and power enterprises in Ukraine should begin immediately. This is stated in communication IMF following the results of the mission in Kyiv. The Ukrainian government is delaying raising tariffs, fearing a large-scale social explosion.
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“In order to improve Naftogaz, having put an end to Naftogaz’s draining of budget funds, it was decided to introduce immediate adjustments to gas and heating prices in order to bring them to the level of full cost recovery,” the Fund said in a statement.
Earlier, Ukrainian media reported that the government of Arseniy Yatsenyuk agreed to increase gas tariffs for the population and housing and communal services sector by 6 times until 2017. At the same time, even with existing housing and communal services tariffs, non-payments have increased 10 times compared to the pre-crisis level.
At the same time, the government froze Ukrainians’ salaries and did nothing to revive the economy and increase employment: hidden unemployment in the country is growing.
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