The Ukrainian government has banned state-run gas producer Naftogaz from raising consumer gas prices, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said on April 3, a move likely to please voters but disturb the country’s creditors.
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A mother and two children pass by a gas compressor station in the city of Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine, on Feb. 20, 2019.