The adopted document, according to the office of the UN High Commissioner, not only fails to bring Ukraine closer to the EU, but, vice versa, it undermines efforts to meet the requirements of an action plan to liberalize the visa regime with the EU," the press service of Reform for the Future leader Ihor Rybakov quoted him as saying on Monday.1,600 Ukrainian Hryvna = US $200.
The MP also noted that the cost of the minimum number of documents necessary for all Ukrainian citizens (domestic passports, foreign passports, social identity cards, identity cards of the insured people, pension certificates, certificates of persons with disabilities, and driving licenses) will be Hr 1,600.
"It means that in 2012 alone our citizens will have to spend Hr 60 billion on these documents," Rybakov said.
The biometric part doesn't seem to be at issue.
