Expenditure for maintenance of parliament on the increase as 80% of Ukrainians live below official poverty level

Budget allocations for activities of the Supreme Council of Ukraine amounted to 670 million grivnas last year. In particular, salaries of members of Ukraine’s parliament and their assistants gobbled up 275 million grn. This year 941.6 million grn have been provided for in the state budget to maintain the Supreme Council.

It is important to note that today 80% of citizens of Ukraine live below the official poverty level.