Blue &Yellow: Politics and Economics in Ukraine

The Kyiv mayor has no friends in the Government, but his new helicopter keeps him happy. He also loves to sing and has a CD coming out.  While he may have money to do this, the city may not. His request for landlords to "voluntarily" transfer 15% of their rental income to the city budget is ludicrous .The mayor's personal and political actions explain why the Tymoshenko will investigate him at Cabinet meeting next week. After BYuT and the other factions failed to push out Leonid Chernovetski, mayor of Kyiv, last year this year may see another attempt to remove him. 

Tomenko pointed out that the Kyiv authorities refuse to observe the Ukrainian legislation and fulfill orders of the Cabinet of Ministers. He also added that Kyiv officials introduce illegal taxes in the city.

“It seems that in the nearest future they will charge not only dead Kyiv residents, but also all relatives of Kyiv residents, including those living in other countries”, he said.

Tomenko stressed that neither the government nor other power organs can influence Kyiv mayor Leonid Chernovetski, because the latter claimed many times that he follows the order of the President only.