Kiev residents protesting against twice the cost of travel on the subway
Several dozen people gathered near the building of the city Council of Kiev to protest against the increase of fares on public transport.
The price of a metro ticket Before was increased in 2 times, tariffs have been increased and the use of other forms of public transport.
The action is under addressed to the mayor of Kiev Vitaly Klitschko motto " Klitschko! Before you increase the Price of a metro ticket, bring in the budget UAH 1 billion advertising revenue ".
Among the participants mostly senior citizens and students. Now the Action is peaceful, but the Participants were not able to get into the house of Kyiv city state administration to Express their demands: the main entrance to the house is closed. The demonstrators gather symbolic means " to travel Klitschko in the form of coins.
First Ukrainian authorities also told that not only in Kyiv, but also across the country are going from 1 April to increase gas prices for residents. According to the Ministry of energy of Ukraine, the price increase will be implemented gradually over 4 years to bring them to market levels. The head of "Naftogaz" Andrey Kobelev said that the tariffs are expected to lift 3-5 times.
Ukraine is currently experiencing a Shortage of electricity due to problems at nuclear power plants, shortage of coal at CHPP and recovery number of facilities. The deficiency associated with coal power operation in the Donbas, where is the vast number of coal mines in the country. In the end, with the end of November there are emergency outage, and the government of Ukraine should increase the tariffs for the service of utilities.