In Ukraine, protesters blocked the Kiev-Kharkov highway in the Poltava region and demanded a reduction in gas distribution prices, reports RIA Novosti .
“On the highway” Kiev – Kharkov “near the village of Zasulye, a protest action continues, in which about 300 people take part. Participants of the event demand a reduction in the cost of distributing natural gas,” the regional police department reported.
Former deputy Verkhovna Rada Igor Mosiychuk said that residents of Lubna and surrounding villages blocked the highway due to the tariffs of PJSC “Lubnygaz”. According to the resolution of the commission for state regulation in the field of energy, the cost of the natural gas distribution service for Lubnygaz is set at 2.45 hryvnia per 1 cubic meter, reports UNIAN .
In addition, as Obozrevatel reported, in January Naftogaz raised the price for gas for the population by 14 percent – up to 7.22 hryvnia per cubic meter, including VAT and excluding distribution costs.
Meanwhile, at the end of December government of Ukraine canceled the preferential electricity tariff for the population.