Ukraine to put an end to its gas dependency on Russia — PM

KIEV, August 19. /ITAR-TASS/. The Ukrainian government intends to privatize almost all state-run enterprises, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said on Tuesday.

He said that where there is state property there is corruption.

“The government’s task is to sell state property, except strategic. The state property today is prone to unprecedented corruption. The prime minister’s reception office is full of people’s deputies. You think they bring reform concepts? They care about the appointment of their people to state companies. I see no way to overcome this corruption other than to sell these state companies,” Yatsenyuk said.