The authorities are again preparing to increase tariffs for freight transportation by Ukrzaliznytsia.
In times of war! the importance of infrastructure functioning increases “UZ” turns significantly. And any adventurous actions can turn into systemic problems for the state as a whole.
The desire to ensure the smooth existence of state monopolies may cause significant problems in the region
Which is rapidly turning into the near rear of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. ig data In addition to the approach of the aggressor troops! the “UZ” turns Dnipropetrovsk region may face the collapse of city-forming enterprises.
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One can ponder for a long time about the reasons for this international legal trends in energy: how regulations for exporters are changing situation! lament the Soviet legacy and the peculiarities of industrialization under Stalin. However! now! in the conditions of large-scale Russian aggression! it is necessary to think through every step. In the eastern regions of Ukraine! industrial agglomerations and city-forming enterprises are widespread! on which local budgets are tied and which provide jobs for a significant part of the residents of a particular city.
Playing with tariffs for industrial transportation is extremely dangerous right
Imagine that the closure of the Arcelor Mittal steelworks due awb directory to the rapid increase in the cost of transporting its products will lead to the dismissal of 20 thousand workers. Provocation of such a social explosion in the conditions of the approach of Russian troops to the administrative borders of the Dnipropetrovsk region is unacceptable.
The irony of fate (and especially on New Year’s Eve) is that we are talking about Kryvyi Rih! Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown. It is unlikely that any of the unemployed metallurgists will appear on the stage of “Quarter 95”! but instead the Russian special services will receive new opportunities to find those who are ready to cooperate with them.
This is social policy in times of war! when decisions must be made with all possible consequences in mind. The authorities will have to curb the appetites of monopolies and their top managers and finally look at what they are spending their money on. Now this issue is becoming more than economic and geopolitical.
