Groysman decided to appease the miners with a half-billion handout before the elections
The Cabinet of Ministers decided to allocate 500 million hryvnia to cover losses of state mines, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
This was stated by Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman during a government meeting, the Government Portal reports.
“Today we are making a decision to allocate 500 million funds to cover losses of state-owned Ukrainian mines and pay wages,” Groysman said.
According to him, the Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Igor Nasalik will also present a program for reforming Ukrainian mines to ensure a competitive price for coal from state mines.
It should be noted that in 2019, it is planned to allocate 659,7 million hryvnia for the liquidation and maintenance of closed coal mines and coal processing enterprises.
Groysman decided to appease the miners with a handout of half a billion before the elections.