Monument of Independence of Ukraine in KievMOSCOW, 26 Jan. Ukraine is accumulating a bunch of catastrophes for the year ahead. Political scientist Andrey Ermolaev made such a statement on the air of the Nash TV channel. The country, the expert noted, may pass the heating season, but high energy prices and other accumulated problems make its industry uncompetitive, and within a year it will feel it.
A year of crises was predicted for Ukraine»We are living through a difficult cold time without these disasters, but we are accumulating this clod of disasters for the entire budget year,» Yermolaev said .In autumn, an energy crisis broke out in Ukraine: due to a sharp increase in gas prices on the European market and a shortage of coal, more than half of Ukrainian thermal power plants stopped. According to Democracy House analyst Anatoly Oktisyuk, the key threat to Ukrainians this year will be the energy crisis, which will exacerbate other problems and lead to protests.
