The official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova commented ironically, explaining the appeal of Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk to the citizens to save gas, warming the home.
"Well that oxygen as long as free, and that in fact citizens appeared in the Paleolithic era to the present so imperfect, that to reduce the consumption of this gas is not collected. Although...," wrote Zakharova in his own post on Facebook. On Sunday, Yatsenyuk tried to convince the population to insulate the house, to change the boilers and to make grants to reduce the consumption of gas, electricity and fuel. According to the Prime Minister, " Ukraine consumes incredible amounts of energy, and the time of heating of the atmosphere in the past ". On 13 August, the government of Ukraine has proposed to reduce the minimum allowable temperature in the apartments up to 16 degrees, currently 18. Ukraine has become a leader in the pace of increase of tariffs for gas for residents among European countries. Over the past year, rates have increased in the country in national currency five times. The growth of prices for communal services in Ukraine is a direct consequence of the conditions raised the country's international monetary Fund.
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