The Cabinet introduced a bill to reduce the fees for utility services

It is a violation of the continuity and (or) lower quality of public services. The amendments to the Housing code suggests that the person responsible is obliged to change the size of a payment for utilities in the manner prescribed by the government.

Photo: Alexander Astafyev/POOL/TASS the Government will abolish the penalties for non-payment for utility services

the Government therefore proposes to abandon the system of fines and to impose allocation in favor of the consumer.

In the explanatory Memorandum stated that the imposition of fines has a number of negative consequences. Thus, the administrative costs associated with the need to pay income tax on the amount of fines, will be many times greater than its value.