The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine issued a decree on the destruction of three mines in the country, informs a press-service of the Ukrainian government.
According to the decree, the destruction shall be mine "Roginska" state enterprise "krasnoarmeiskugol" in the Donetsk region, "mine" Zarechnaya "state enterprise" lvivvuhillia "in Lviv region and mine No. 9" ipb " public enterprises in Volyn region, cites the news Agency.



As reported by the print edition OPINION, Ukraine wants just one year close to thirty percent controlled state mines and be out every 5th of the miner. The West demands from Kiev, so he got rid of the outdated scheme of subsidies to the coal industry from the state budget. This is one of the conditions of economic integration of Ukraine into the EU. It is necessary to balance the budget, reduce its costs, which began with its part as one of the main demands of the IMF, in exchange for such belt-tightening will continue to give loans to Ukraine. In 2015 Kyiv wants to stop the 12 mines ? five of them just close, 7 would preserve (and unlikely ever will return back into operation). This thirty percent of the 35 mines that are under the control of Kiev. Plus the need to reduce 10 thousand Miners from existing 52 thousand, i.e. 20%." Globally over two?three years, we actually need to leave the mines only 25 thousand People", - has told in the beginning of the year, energy Minister Volodymyr demchyshyn.

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