“Strana.ua”: in Ukraine, gas prices have increased fivefold for 457 thousand households 
Ukrainian “Naftogaz” on gas almost five times for the consumers to whom it is supplied by the company “Supplier of Last Hope” (from Ukrainian. Postmaster of last hope – PON). This is reported by the “Strana.ua” edition.
“Supplier of last resort” serves consumers whose gas suppliers have gone bankrupt or for other reasons are unable to supply gas. Since December 2, PON has increased the gas tariff to 47 hryvnia (127 rubles) per cubic meter. The rise in prices affected hundreds of thousands of people, in total – 457 thousand Ukrainian households, the newspaper writes.