Arrears of salary in 2014 in Ukraine amounted to 2, 4 billion hryvnia (about $ 150 million), which is more than 3 times more than in 2013, informs on Thursday, the state statistics Committee.

" on January 1, 2015 Arrears of wages amounted to 2, 436 billion UAH. On January 1, 2013, the amount outstanding on the payment of wages was $ 753 million (47, $ 6 million), according to the report.

Now Ukraine is in a difficult political crisis, which affects its economy and the public sector, in fact the country is on the verge of default. Yatsenyuk said that in 2015, the country faces the challenge to survive, it will be difficult to absolutely all social strata. According to the head of the national Bank of Ukraine Valeria Gontareva, last year the country's GDP decreased by 7, 5%, inflation was 21%, the hryvnia depreciated by half.

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