The reason for price growth is not the increase in wages. It lies in the emission, and that is where the causes must be sought, stated Minister of Finance of Ukraine Viktor Pynzenyk in an interview with "Lvivska Hazeta". \n \nAccording to Pynzenyk, "since the minimum pension, according to the law, was introduced from January 1, that is, the resource was provided for from the beginning of 2005, this requires the government and the National Bank to employ instruments that would not affect inflation and would not give an impetus to price growth." "The additional increase in wages and pensions equals approximately 1.2-1.4 billion UAH per month. We will use certain instruments here, but we expect adequate actions from the National Bank of Ukraine," said the Minister of Finance. \n \nRegarding the protest of some people's deputies against the abolition of privileges, Pynzenyk's opinion is as follows: "Talk about privileges is merely crocodile tears of those oligarchs who received enormous profits from the pocket of their own people." The Minister of Finance gave an example: "In 2003, AvtoZAZ without privileges received 318 million UAH in profit. In 2004 – 698 million UAH in profit, not counting privileges. This is a highly profitable enterprise, and it was so in 2003 and in 2004. And it will remain so even if it has no privileges." According to Pynzenyk, "why then should the Ukrainian teacher, doctor, pensioner, disabled person pay from their own pocket two billion hryvnias in subsidies to this enterprise, which receives almost 700 million UAH in profit per year?" \n \nTo the question of when the budget with changes will reach the President for signing, Pynzenyk stated that amendments introduced during the voting are currently being processed. "Now this is no longer a matter for the government. The Verkhovna Rada submits the law to the head for signing, and then it is sent to the President," Pynzenyk reported. \n