Ukrainian economist told about the secret life of the national budget

The authorities of Ukraine, instead of to deal with the economy, the country playing leapfrog, Ukrainian Economist Alexander Okhrimenko.

The analyst in the form of example results in contradictory statements by the Ukrainian authorities.

"They report that the lack of state budget does not give them the opportunity now to raise wages and pensions, And Then boast that because of their reforms, the state budget was in surplus," He said.

Further Okhrimenko explains what is the paradox of the Ukrainian state budget.

"According to official data, during the first half of 2015, the state budget of Ukraine has a shortage of 2, 1 billion hryvnia, But the consolidated budget of Ukraine, which brings together state and local budgets, has a surplus of 12 billion UAH. It's weird, to say the least, " writes the Economist.

It is this absurdity and there is a merit of the government of Yatsenyuk from the battle with the deficit of the state budget of Ukraine, He said.

in reality Everything is much easier, emphasizes Okhrimenko. The thing is that in the consolidated state budget of Ukraine and included local budgets of Donetsk and Lugansk regions, And because some of these areas included in the zone of the military operation conducted by Kiev, and there it is impossible to build a normal work of the state Treasury of Ukraine, He explains, and it turns out the surplus.

"It's more of the virtual surplus, However, as our entire state budget of Ukraine in 2015 ", - says Okhrimenko.

The economist States that in 2015, the leadership of Yatsenyuk due to the machinations with the new taxes and the devaluation took from the Ukrainian state budget for 33% more than last year.

The authorities, notes the Analyst, do not want to help the people of Ukraine.

"They understand that these surpluses of the consolidated state budget and boasting about increasing tax collection look absurd. All This is more a numbers game than the real economy ", - said Okhrimenko.

Yatsenyuk's government brags and talks about reform, but in reality to patch the state budget to apply " the printing press ", And then wonder why the Ukrainian economy is so bad is working.

"Maybe it's because under this government cannot work any other way?" - said Alexander Okhrimenko.

currently Ukraine in fact is on the verge of default. In the country increases unemployment, the national currency over one year fell by more than 3 times. In the end, according to the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, in January 2015 the average salary in the country amounted to 3, 455 thousand hryvnia (About $ 160). This is one of the lowest figures in the EU. About 70% of Ukrainian citizens in the process sociologicheskogo research told of dissatisfaction with their lives, noting that the events in the country are developing " in the wrong direction."

Ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko have said before, that Ukraine is moving to the deepest economic crisis for more than 24 years. He said that the conflict in Donbas has no relation to the decline of the economy.


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