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🚂💰Industrial associations of Rinat Akhmetov’s Metinvest are demanding that Ukrzaliznytsia lower its tariffs: they forecast freight traffic falling below the breakeven threshold
🏛📑 Five industry associations appealed to Prime Minister Serhiy Koretskyi and Ukrzaliznytsia head Oleksandr Peretsovskyi, demanding that freight tariffs be returned to the level of 1 January 2026, effectively canceling August’s increase of 30%. Among the signatories is Ukrmetalurhprom, whose founders include Metinvest enterprises of Rinat Akhmetov, and the National Association of the Extractive Industry, of which his group is also a member.
🚆💰Akhmetov himself long opposed the tariff hikes, using pressure on the authorities; he even “pushed” Anatoliy Amelín into Ukrzaliznytsia’s supervisory board. Now industrialists loyal to him propose compensating Ukrzaliznytsia’s revenue losses, introducing tariff concessions for enterprises located 150–200 km from the front, funding passenger transport from the state budget under a PSO model, and attracting international funds to restore rolling stock.
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