Arkhangelsk fights tariffs
With pressure mounting both from the public and from federal authorities, the Arkhangelsk regional administration this week introduced a reduction on tariffs for public services.
According to a press release from the regional administration, the tariff growth on heating will be reduced from 18,1 percent to 15,1 percent. Also tariffs on drinking water and electricity will be reduced, the regional authorities say.
As BarentsObserver has reported, the tariff policy of the regional administration is from before under major pressure from TGK-2, the main power generating company in the region.
All over Russia, the quick growth on prices for heating and electricity is increasingly stirring popular discontent. In Arkhangelsk, several protest meetings have been held against the price policy. Also federal authorities are expressing increasing concern with the tariff growth in the regions.
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