Nerve-Racking November: Ukraine’s Energy Subsidies Leave Some in the Cold

“The first week of November is so nerve-racking. Until I get the bill, I don’t know if my subsidy has been extended for this heating season and what amount will it cover,” my friend’s mother, a 69-year old pensioner in Kyiv, said when I called to check on her. “With these high utility prices—if the subsidy is lowered or denied, my whole pension will be going just to cover the utility bills.”As the weather gets cold in Kyiv, energy subsidies become a common topic of conversation. It is around this time of year that Ukrainians get their heating season’s first …read more

Source: Atlantic Council

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