Housing ministry disagrees with Lukashenka
The head of state claims that Belarusians cover 50% of their public services and utilities bills.
Ministry of Housing and Utilities claims the figure is about 30%. This was announced by the head of the Housing and Utilities Ministry Andrei Ramashka during a press conference.
Ramashka: "Now the population pays 30% of the public services' provision cost. We plan for the figure to reach 35% by the end of the year."
The official also said that utility bills cannot go up by more than $5 a year and added that they should be indexed according to the average salary in the country.
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