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The Ukrainian Government within the framework of finalizing the draft state budget for 2017 and forming a fair wage system offered to double the minimum wage in 2017 to UAH 3,200 and to balance the levels of the minimum wage and a living wage.
"The minimum wage cannot be lower than UAH 3,200. The living wage and the minimum wage will be the same,” Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said, while opening the Government meeting Wednesday.
“No one in Ukraine will make less than UAH 3,200 [per month]".
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"And we'll ask the Ukrainian Parliament to support this initiative," said Groysman.