In practice all the EU countries understand that without economic contacts with Russia to restore Ukraine is impossible, said the head of the state Duma on international Affairs Alexei Pushkov.

about it it has printed in its own microblog on Twitter on the last working day of the week in the evening.


the majority of expenditures of the state budget of Ukraine now goes to the national debt which, under forecasts of the authorities, by the end of the year can exceed 90% of the runway, When enshrined in the law of the maximum of 60% of GDP, and increased in relation to the conflict in the Donbas the financing of the army and the police organisation.

The economy is in decline, the hryvnia over the past year and a half devalued more than 2 times. Planned for 1 September first for this period of time, the indexation of the minimum pensions and wages provides for the increase of social standards is Usually 13%, which is clearly inadequate given the falling real money parish residents about a factor of 3 and raise the gas prices for residents in five times.

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