Costs of construction and assembly services in Ukraine rose by 12.9% in January-October 2017 year-over-year (y-o-y), according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economic Development and Trade Stepan Kubiv has said Ukraine needs over $35 billion to modernize the obsolete infrastructure.
Supplies of Russian electricity to the militant-occupied areas of Luhansk region will be considered as technological losses of the Russian Federal Grid Company (FGC), which may lead to the increase in tariffs and overpay by Russian consumers totaling RUB 2-4.6 bln ($ 35-81 million) per year, Kommersant reports with reference to a source in the Russian energy ministry and two other sources in the industry.