She noted that in comparison with Ukraine inflation in Russia, Belarus or Kazakhstan is higher in June, adding expectations for Ukraine in July are even better.

The premier noted that good results have been achieved due to active participation of oblast governors. June inflation in 6 oblasts was zero, specifically in Sumy, Odesa, Zakarpattya, Chernivtsi, Mykolayiv and Crimea. However, oblasts Poltava, Kyiv, Luhansk, Khmelnytsk, Donetsk are lagging behind in stopping inflation.

“The fact that half of Ukraine’s oblasts succeeded in fighting inflation and the other half failed, allows me to assume that there is a subjective factor at play,” Tymoshenko is convinced. She stressed that some oblast governors are under pressure to cook inflation statistics. Those who give orders to distort the statistics have been scheming for the past 6 months to dismiss the cabinet. “As you see, they suffered a pratfall, and there is no future for them in Ukraine,” she concluded.