tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35604308.post8564489653570835215..comments2024-03-16T02:19:17.603-07:00Comments on Eternal Remont:: Government Housing Boom in UkrainePirates(and)Diplomatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732888813953341812noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35604308.post-27038395353366505122009-08-12T11:41:52.017-07:002009-08-12T11:41:52.017-07:00This is why pensioners miss the Soviet Union.This is why pensioners miss the Soviet Union.Ernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12736671632719630704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35604308.post-62578724650951003272009-08-11T06:51:26.223-07:002009-08-11T06:51:26.223-07:00Here is somewhat of an explanation:
http://www.ky...Here is somewhat of an explanation:<br /><br />http://www.kyivpost.com/nation/46801<br /><br />Note that the article says there is a "high level of completion" in the 44 apartment blocks.<br /><br />And that <br /><br />"The flats will be bought by the State Mortgage Institution using UAH 1 billion in funds the establishment raised by selling its bonds to state savings bank Oschadbank."<br /><br />One hand washes the other...<br /><br />I wonder if they'll have hot water - right now, in Kyiv, the centrally based supply system is shut down - for remont.<br /><br />Happens every year.elmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35604308.post-76998535474151078292009-08-11T03:25:43.539-07:002009-08-11T03:25:43.539-07:00While not not wanting to be a balloon-air-letter-o...While not not wanting to be a balloon-air-letter-outer, I have to point out a couple of details here:<br /><br />1) 10 000 is but a drop in the bucket, as there are 140 000 people waiting in line in Kyiv alone.<br /><br />2) These apartments were bought by the government from two companies, both of which belong to members of BYuT. Yulia herself called this a "coincidence." Harrumph.<br /><br />The people waiting in line are pensioners (MVD, teachers, Chernobyl clean-up workers, etc.): all current or former public employeesBlair Sheridanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16810149970525727624noreply@blogger.com