The initiative to increase tariffs on railway freight transportation is a forced step, but according to Ukraine's Minister of Economy Oleksii Sobolev, the approach to changing the tariffs of Ukrainian Railways should be balanced and meticulous, taking into account the specifics of the industries. This is reported by LB. "Due to the Russian aggression, the freight traffic that covered passenger transportation with its profit has significantly decreased. Because of this, the state is forced to subsidize 'Ukrzaliznytsia' from the budget. The tariff collection has not been reviewed since 2009. It seems to me that the situation now is so different from 2009 that just generally increasing the price of transportation is strange. This does not correspond to reality. We have a fact when, due to the tariffs of Ukrainian Railways, part of the cargo goes from the railway to the roads," Sobolev noted. According to the Minister of Economy, the increase in transportation costs may negatively ...
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