The Council of Ministers of Crimea and regional administrations have been instructed to coordinate the maximum level of retail prices for gasoline with the Ministry of Fuel and Energy and the Ministry of Economy.
The concept for combating the gasoline crisis was developed today at a Cabinet of Ministers meeting. Commenting on the situation regarding prices on the petroleum products market, the prime minister said that their growth has been halted, and in some regions prices are even decreasing. According to Yanukovych's forecasts, a liter of diesel fuel will soon cost approximately one hryvnia seventy. And today government officials are planning to meet with the heads of the joint-stock companies TNK, Lukoil, and Ukrtatnafta. It is planned that the result of the meeting will be a signed memorandum on the government's relations with these companies. Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych says that the document will outline the "policy" of these companies' activities on the Ukrainian market.
Serhiy Tulub, Minister of Fuel and Energy: "The specific measures being taken by the government make it possible to suspend, as they say, extracted oil at auction from September 1, as well as the possibility to stabilize and forecast the situation."