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Yatseniuk: Ukraine has to become completely energy independent country within 10 years
15.06.2015 11:46 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Within this year the Ukrainian Government has managed to reduce the deficit of Naftogaz Ukrainy by five times, Government Portal reports referring to the Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk interview shared with the Channel 5 on Sun.
«Do you know why we are facing the current situation regarding tariffs? Because the price of energy resources has not met the market level over 20 years. Well, we do not subsidize gasoline, do we? So you come to a gas station - there is the market price there. We had taken a decision 15 years ago about how much gasoline costs on the exchange, at a gas station, there is direct correlation. How does petrol differ from gas? It’s the same energy product,» he said.
«If a product costs US$100, and you pay only US$10 for it, it should be someone who pays extra $90? It was the Budget. This means that taxes from people, business, entrepreneurs were collected, loans were borrowed, and in 2014 due to the fact that in 10 years nothing was done, we allocated subsidies to NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy, we just gave the money and it paid out all its debts. Exactly US$10 milliard,» the Prime Minister underlined.
«There is no other way except bringing tariffs to the market level. What is our goal? The purpose is the following - Ukraine has to become completely energy independent country within 10 years. This is our task. We are approacjing this goal, and one of the ways is the market rates’ introduction,» Yatseniuk emphasized.
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