据俄罗斯Business网站2月22日基辅报道,乌克兰能源和煤炭工业部长Volodymyr Demchyshyn周六在基辅接受RT记者采访时表示,乌克兰的天然气价格从4月1日起将提高4倍。
目前,乌克兰人每1立方米天然气支付1089格里夫纳,但从4月1日起,乌克兰人每1立方米天然气将不得不支付4138格里夫纳。
Demchyshun说,乌克兰的主要债权人国际货币基金组织(IMF)日前逼迫基辅提高乌克兰的天然气消费价格,这样乌克兰的气价届时将与西欧水平匹敌,但是,乌克兰政府正在设法从IMF获得暂缓。
此外,Demchyshyn说,乌克兰能源部门在今后的几年里将经历裁员。在现有的35个气矿中,乌克兰将关闭5个气矿并暂停另外7个气矿的天然气生产。20%的雇员将失去他们的工作。
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原文如下:
Gas Prices in Ukraine to Increase Fourfold on April 1
Business
22.02.2015
Starting April 1, gas prices in Ukraine will increase by four times, according to the country’s Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Volodymyr Demchyshyn, RT reports.
Currently, Ukrainians pay 1,089 hryvnia for one cubic meter of gas, but starting April 1, people will have to shell out 4,138 hryvnia for the same amount of gas.
Demchyshyn said the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the main creditor of Ukraine, pushed Kiev to raise the gas consumer tariffs in Ukraine so that they would match Western European levels. According to the minister, the IMF demanded an immediate increase in gas prices, but the government in Kiev managed to get an extension.
In addition, Demchyshyn said the country’s energy sector will experience layoffs over the next few years.
“Out of 35 mines that we have, we’ll close five of them and another seven will be temporarily put out of work. 20 percent of employees will lose their jobs,” the Ukrainian minister said.