“Companies lost millions and closed because of this rate – this is true,”

“Companies lost millions and closed because of this rate – this is true,” he told business leaders in Chernivtsi, reports Interfax-Ukraine. “We have been fighting this since the very beginning of my term, since [last] summer…We told everyone: how can we live, if our budget is calculated at the rate of Hr 30 per $1, and you see what hryvnia we have? We were told that these are market conditions, the bank is independent, etc.”