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28 of February, 18:00

Minister: social payments will be cut, if Ukraine will "drive" by the West
If the Ukrainian government does not take advantage of international financial assistance And will not conduct economic reforms, in the end it will be necessary to reduce social payments, the Minister of social Affairs And labour of Ukraine Pavlo Rozenko. About this he said in an interview to the Ukrainian edition " ".

"Spend all international funds - the path to nowhere," said Pavlo Rozenko.- Tomorrow no one will give. And If the economy doesn't work, you will need to cut in a lively And realistic to reduce all social payments. For this reason, it is not necessary to deceive the public. Money will not fall to us from heaven, social payments is derived from the economy's wealth. The stronger the economy, the higher the level And quality of life in Ukraine ".

Ukrainian Minister recalled that in the budget documented a slight increase of social standards by the end of 2015." I know very well that If we did not do the second year in a row, 1st of all it is strongly would hurt the purchasing power of Residents, which in the period of economic recession all countries on the contrary try to Express support. Because normal people don't prints Money to offshore accounts in Cyprus, and goes to the store, buy the item And thus gives the Ukrainian economy to grow, " said Pavlo Rozenko.

Ukraine is now in a severe political crisis, which affects its economy And the public sector, in fact the country is on the verge of default. The authorities want to improve the situation of foreign borrowing. The IMF has opened for Ukraine's two-year loan program 17, $ 1 billion. Of this amount, 4, 6 billion Kiev has already received in 2014, the remaining funds must be allocated in 2015. First managing Director of the IMF Christine Lagarde has said that Ukraine has approached the Foundation with a request to make a multi-year programme lending decision on this matter until it is not accepted.

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