The Prime Minister: budget of Ukraine received less from the Donbass more than $280 million in taxes

The state budget of Ukraine has not received from Lugansk and Donetsk regions for a few months 3, 7 billion hryvnia (about 284 million) in taxes, said during a trip to Mykolaiv region Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

" Yatsenyuk noticed that for several months the state Budget has not received from Lugansk and Donetsk regions 3, 7 billion UAH of taxes. The debts for electricity and gas from these regions 700 million (about 53 million dollars) ", - said the Ukrainian government.

The Prime Minister said that the Ukrainian authorities continue payment of salary and pension, despite all the difficulties." I would be very wanted these pensions and wages Were higher, but pay what you have ", - noted he.

first it was claimed that pensions in Luhansk and Donetsk regions of Ukraine receive only the residents of the territories controlled by the Kyiv security forces. The national Bank of Ukraine adopted the decree On the closure of the banking system and stop of the exchequer in the Donbass. So, in cities that are not controlled by the Ukrainian army, pensions and allowances are not paid.

The self-proclaimed DND has created its own national Bank - the national Bank and made the first payments from the budget for teacher salaries. It claimed that DND as long as collecting taxes controlled by the militia of public money.


Kyiv authorities began in April in the East of Ukraine military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat residents. According to the office for the coordination of humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) of the United Nations on October 8, since the beginning of the military conflict in the East of Ukraine lost his life 3682 person, including 298 passengers crashed on July 17, Malaysian Boeing. Received damage the body more than 8, 87 thousand people. About the development of the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine read

With the mediation of the OSCE and Russia agreed a truce September 5), and on the 19th of September was developed to implement the Memorandum of nine points.
in General, the truce is observed, however, the parties periodically accuse each loved one in its violation.


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