Author: Curt Doolittle

“Yatsenyuk boasted that Ukraine has decreased its dependence from Russian gas and increased gas imports from the European Union – from five percent in 2013 to 67 percent or more than five billion of cubic meters, according to estimates in 2014.

The state aparatus was cut by 25,000 workers in 2014 and will be cut by 50,000 in 2015, Yatsenyuk said. Some 26 regulatory bodies were liquidated out of 52 that existed before, he said and the number of taxes cut from 22 to 11.

“These reforms are not effective for the government I lead for one reason – the (results) require time. Next government and next prime minister will win from these reforms,” he said. “After my tenure the chances to keep my political ranking (high) are very, very low. But this is my choice and I realize the consequences.”