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November 25, 2015
Yuriy Boyko: Burden of gas contracts should not fall on shoulders of Ukrainian people
The population of Ukraine should not hold responsibility for the terms of gas contract with Russiasigned in 2009 by its own funds. This was announced by vice Premier Yuriy Boyko during the discussion "Energy: Risks, Decisions, Revolution" at the 10th Annual Meeting in Yalta.
"We will not impose on the population the burden from the Russian gas contracts," vice Prime Minister said.
He also said that the government plans to introduce differentiated tariffs for gas for the population.
"We have the appropriate program, the implementation of which will occur within 3-5 years. A schedule is developed whereby the less affluent strata will pay less for gas and affluent strata to pay more,"Yuriy Boyko said.
Source: Government Portal
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