Deputies of the Verkhovna Rada April raised wages to 17, 5 thousand hryvnia (about $ 760), informs on Tuesday, alleging a member of the Department on problems of regulation and organization of work of the Ukrainian Parliament Dmitry Shlemko.

before the people's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the previous convocation, member of the political Council of the party "Batkivshchyna" Andriy Pavlovsky said that the Deputies of the current convocation since April, increased wages tripled.

"Now the Salary of people's deputies returned to the level of 2013, i.e. the maximum size is 425 17 thousand hryvnia," - said Shlemko.

at the same time Shlemko said that in the beginning of the year after deductions Salary of the deputies was 6109 hryvnia (about $ 250).

people's deputies of the Ukrainian Parliament from the Opposition bloc has already requested to cancel the Increase of the salaries of the deputies.

The main financial document of the country is developed, based on the pessimistic forecast of Ministry of economic development, which implies a fall in GDP of Ukraine in 2015 on 4, 3% inflation in 13, 1%.

in the state budget for 2015, the subsistence level remained at the same level - 1176 UAH (about $ 49), from December 1 this figure increased to 1330 UAH (about $ 55). The salary also will remain without change and will be 1218 hryvnia ($50). The increase is scheduled only once per year - at the beginning of winter until 1378 hryvnia ($57). The minimum pension in 2015 will grow by only 10 UAH and will be 959 USD, or $ 39.

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