From 1 August the price of gas for Russians will grow by 3%. The Federal Antimonopoly service (FAS) opposed the increase in the cost: now with the income of the citizens is very bad. However, the gas lobby was able to push for promotion. It is understandable: companies have great losses in foreign markets. Meanwhile, gas in Russia is about 99 million people, other citizens of our country heat their homes as they can. If “national treasure” will continue to cover losses due to the population, consumers will refuse his services and move on to firewood and coal.
the Wholesale cost of gas for the capital region will be 3 921 thousand rubles per thousand cubic meters – 114 rubles more than last summer. Recall that in 2019, the price rose by 1.4% and in 2018 of 3.4%.
the Current government’s decision on gas has not been without debate. It was originally planned to raise tariffs for gas by an average of 5% from July 1, but the FAS and some other agencies are opposed. As a result, after long discussions, a compromise was reached — 3% from 1 August.
all in All, 2014 gas for the Russians grew by almost 20%. In fact, this trend is due to the attempt “Gazprom” to compensate for falling revenues due to falling gas prices in foreign markets due to internal. In 2014, the stock price of natural gas has fallen by almost 40% and in Q1 2020 according to IFRS (International financial reporting standards) loss of “Gazprom” reached a record figure of 116 billion.
a Leading analyst of the Forex Optimum Ivan kapustyasky said: “the Russians are rising gas prices will affect the acceleration of inflation. Particularly negative prices will affect those who have high percentage of products and services for utilities and basic necessities in the consumer basket”.
an Attempt to shift these losses to the people who took the brunt of the pandemic and the effects of isolation, it is untimely and unfair, said the Director of “national control” Natalya Chernysheva. She believes that it was necessary to discuss more strongly the possibility of compensation for those losses from the budget.
People already suffer from the fact that as of 1 July increased other utility rates by about 4% and many have lost their jobs and a substantial part of income. On the eve of the announced new figures for official unemployment, had already overtaken 3 million people, and even optimistic projections for the next six months, the number of unemployed could rise to 5 million.
“In the result, the collection of payments for housing will fall even more. Now the payments have decreased in some regions, 40%, and in some places 60-70%, and it is possible to predict a further decline in the ability of people to pay utility bills, says Chernyshova. — Increase of tariffs for gas, as well as other rates, contrary to expectationsments, will not increase the amount of the payments, as fewer payers will be able to allocate the amount of your reduced income.”
the Interlocutors “MK” are convinced that people who find themselves in difficult situations because of the pandemic, will simply cease to pay for the communal (after all, it’s not food and not medication!), the more that until January 1, 2020 for such a violation will not fines and shutdowns.
Now the access to the gas in Russia, have about 68% of the population, or 99 million, according to estimates chernyshovoy. The remaining 47 million of our compatriots uses other sources of energy, such as electricity, and some of the Russians still heats the house with coal and firewood, because can not afford the expensive connection to the gas communication.
