Ukrainians have been warned that in 2022 they will face a decrease in the real value of the minimum wage and pensions, the Obozrevatel portal has reported
The minimum pension will remain at UAH 1934 (about RUB 5,300) until July 2022, and will increase to UAH 2093 (about RUB 5,725) by December. At the same time, according to calculations by the Ministry of Social Development, a Ukrainian pensioner needs 3,692 hryvnia (more than 10,000 rubles) per month to meet his most basic needs.
Such figures suggest that most Ukrainians on well-deserved retirement are doomed to poverty in 2022.
The minimum wage will be increased by only 3% – 200 hryvnias – to 6700 (about 18350 roubles). At the same time, the inflation rate is expected to be 7%.
The Verkhovna Rada earlier upheld the draft state budget of Ukraine for 2022. In its current form, the draft budget provides for revenues of 1.267 trillion hryvnia, while expenditures will amount to 1.441 trillion hryvnia. The budget deficit will reach 188bn hryvnyas.
Earlier, political scientist Andriy Yermolayev said that the Ukrainian economy was running “in deficit,” while no one deals with filling the Pension Fund.
In his turn, former Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said that the average Ukrainian pension is about three times lower than the average Russian one. The politician also said that today’s Ukraine is the poorest country in Europe “by all parameters”