The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has adopted a resolution establishing new gas prices for the population. This was reported to journalists in an interview on Wednesday by Minister of Fuel and Energy Yuriy Boyko, according to a «proUA» correspondent. \n \nThe resolution approved a gas price for the population of 339 UAH per thousand cubic meters. Boyko also noted that by December 1, 2006, a system of gas price gradation for the population will be developed depending on consumption volumes. \n \nThus, according to the minister, a family of four people living in a three-room apartment will buy gas at 339 UAH per thousand cubic meters, while a family with the same number of people living in their own house of 600 sq. m. will pay about 800 UAH per thousand cubic meters of gas. \n \nSpeaking about himself, Boyko expressed confidence that due to having six children he would pay not much more than 339 UAH. \n \nRecall that from July 1, 2006 to today, the gas price for the population was 414 UAH per thousand cubic meters, and starting from 2005, gas was sold to the population at a price of 112 (excluding VAT and transportation costs) hryvnias per thousand cubic meters. \n \nPeople's Deputy, member of the "Our Ukraine" faction Oleksiy Kucherenko is convinced that the tariff-setting system applied by the current government ignores the interests of Ukrainian consumers, because the NERC, which sets prices, is today subordinate to the Cabinet of Ministers. "The National Electricity Regulatory Commission of Ukraine is effectively managed by Vice Prime Minister Klyuyev, who appointed his assistant to regulate this extremely complex sector," noted the People's Deputy. "Therefore we cannot expect economic objectivity from them." \n \n Kucherenko believes that the actions of Yanukovych's government have led to the population, as a result of such a "reduction" in gas prices, receiving housing and communal services three times higher. \n \n \n \n