Odessa residents blocked traffic in the area of the bakery on the street Generala Petrova due to a sharp increase in bread prices, say local media.
According to local TV, about 150 people brought With them saying " We will make bread Maidan!", "With such prices would not live!" and other slogans criticizing the actions of the authorities, reports a news Agency. This is the second such action - March 9, there was also held a rally against a sharp rise in bread, announced this week the largest local manufacturer, the Company " Odessa loaf ". Bakers justified It by the fact that suppliers of flour almost twice inflated prices. Farmers, With his own hand, justify This severe situation due to the depreciation of the hryvnia and the economic slump in the country. As a result, the cost of bread very popular in Odessa bread "Dining" has increased by more than thirty percent to 7, 4 UAH (about 0, $ 3) and continues to grow. Remember also, on March 5, Ukrainian bakery plant "Kyivkhlib" said price increases for their products in Kyiv on March 12, 25-30%. According to information from international monetary Fund, the decline of the economy of Ukraine in 2015 will amount to 5, 5%. In addition, the IMF Experts believe that in 2015 Ukrainian exports will fall on the background of the overall deterioration in the trade. The IMF expects inflation in Ukraine in 2015 at the level of 2014, assuming a price increase of 25%. We emphasize that the increase in the prices of communal services in Ukraine is a direct consequence of the conditions of the issued country of the international monetary Fund. VIDEO

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