Moldova’s incumbent President Maia Sandu is leading the ranking of potential candidates for the October 30 elections, according to an opinion poll presented at a press conference on Tuesday.
According to the poll, if the presidential election were held next Sunday, 30.3% of respondents would vote for Sandu, 13% for the head of the Socialist Party, Igor Dodon (who has already announced that he will not run); 6.5% – for the leader of Our Party Renato Usatîi; 5.6% – for the former bashkan of Gagauzia Iryna Vlah; 5.4% – for the mayor of Chisinau Ion Ceban, who, like Dodon, has stated that he does not intend to run.
Almost one in five respondents said they had not yet decided who they would vote for. If we take into account only the voters who have decided, 39.3% are ready to vote for Sandu, 16.9% for Dodon, and 8.5% for Usatîi.
Former prosecutor Alexandru Stoianoglo, whom the Socialist Party decided to nominate as an opposition candidate, gained 1% in the poll.
“Stoyanoglo recently announced his intention to run. He was not included in the list of presidential candidates, and this 1% is those who named Stoyanoglo on their own. It is possible that Stoyanoglo’s rating may be significantly higher now,” said Vasyl Kantarzhy, director of the CBS-Reserarch sociological company.
Speaking about the level of trust in politicians, he noted that when asked an open question about trust in politicians, 21.3% of respondents named Sandu, 7.2% – Dodon and 4.6% – fugitive oligarch Ilan Shor. They are followed by the head of the Our Party, Usatîi (3.3%), and the mayor of Chisinau, Ceban (3.2%).
At the same time, 38.2% of respondents said they did not trust any of the politicians.
The poll was conducted by CBS-Reserarch on behalf of the Institute for European Policy and Reform. The survey was conducted on June 28-July 18 with the participation of 1119 people. The margin of error is 2.9%.
Earlier, the Experts Club think tank and Maksim Urakin presented an analytical material on the most important elections in the world in 2024, a more detailed video analysis is available here – https://youtu.be/73DB0GbJy4M?si=eGb95W02MgF6KzXU
Uzhhorod is now the most expensive city in Ukraine in terms of rental housing costs, followed by Lviv and Kyiv, according to the LUN real estate portal.
“In the first two years of the war, Lviv was considered the most expensive city for renting apartments, but now the situation has changed. In July, Uzhhorod became the most expensive city – a one-bedroom apartment here costs an average of UAH 17.7 thousand per month. This is more expensive than in the capital or in Lviv,” the press release says.
According to LUN, the average cost of renting a 1-room apartment in Lviv as of July is 16.5 thousand UAH/month, in Kyiv – 15 thousand UAH/month.
Next in the ranking are Chernivtsi – 12.3 thousand UAH/month on average for renting a one-bedroom apartment, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kropyvnytskyi, Poltava, Rivne – 12 thousand UAH/month, Cherkasy – 10 thousand UAH/month, Khmelnytskyi – 9.5 thousand UAH/month, Ternopil – 9.4 thousand UAH/month.
“LUN” notes that Odesa, which was previously expensive for renting housing, now ranks 14th with 7 thousand UAH/month. The lowest prices are generally recorded in cities that are close to the frontline and suffer from military operations: Chernihiv (5.8 thousand UAH/month), Zaporizhzhia, Sumy (5.5 thousand UAH/month), Mykolaiv (5 thousand UAH/month), Kharkiv and Kherson (4 thousand UAH/month).
Starting from 23:00 hrs. July 30, 2024, the State Customs Service is planning to carry out technical works to update the server software of the Unified Automated Information System of Customs Authorities. The technical works are expected to last about 6 hours.
During the work, there may be interruptions in the functioning of the software used by customs officials at checkpoints, but it will remain operational. This means that it will be possible to cross the state border of persons, goods and vehicles with possible delays.
At the same time, we would like to draw your attention to the fact that during the technical works it will be impossible to cross the border at the checkpoint “Uzhhorod-Automobile” of the Transcarpathian customs office. Please take this information into account when planning your border crossing.
Population structure of Ukraine (data from Ukrainian institute of future)
Source: Open4Business.com.ua
Gas TSO of Ukraine LLC has entered into an agreement with Motor Sich PJSC for the purchase of three new 6 MW gas turbine power plants for UAH 527.364 million (including VAT).
According to the announcement in the Prozorro e-procurement system, the delivery period is until October 31, 2024. The effective efficiency of the plants is at least 30.8%, and the service life before the first overhaul is at least 25 thousand hours.
“Motor Sich will also supervise the installation, commissioning and start-up of three units in Kharkiv region for UAH 8.952 million (including VAT).
GTSOU provides natural gas transportation to consumers in Ukraine and the European Union.
“Motor Sich is one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of aircraft engines and industrial gas turbines. On November 5, 2022, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief’s Office decided to seize the shares of five companies, including Motor Sich, as military property for the duration of martial law.
Ukrgasvydobuvannya JSC (UGV), a part of Naftogaz Group, has commissioned a new high-performance well with a daily production rate of 274 thousand cubic meters of gas.
As reported on the group’s website on Tuesday, the well’s peculiarity is that the planned bottom hole is located directly under a settlement.
“The commissioning of the new well increased daily gas production at the field by 17%. The next well is next in line, which will be put into operation in August this year,” said Oleksiy Chernyshov, Chairman of Naftogaz Group.
The idea to drill the well belongs to Andriy Tiro, UkrNDIGas developer, who assessed the field’s production potential and found a remote site for its development. The development team performed a detailed geological and technical study and recommended the well for drilling.
“It was possible to drill a well under the settlement due to modern drilling equipment, advanced technologies and skill of Ukrburgaz specialists, who solved a rather difficult task and drilled a well with a bottom hole reach of more than 1300 m in four months,” said Serhiy Lagno, Chairman of Ukrgasvydobuvannya.
At the same time, the specialists of Ukrgazpromgeofizyka performed complex logging operations and determined the depth of gas-bearing formations in the conditions of a large wellbore angle.
In total, in the first half of 2024, UGV drilled 50 wells, of which 41 were put into operation.
As reported, in 2023, Ukrgasvydobuvannya launched 86 new wells, 24 of which had an initial flow rate of more than 100 thousand cubic meters, and in January-May 2024, 36 new gas wells, 11 of which are highly productive.
In 2022, UGV produced 12.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas (commercial), which is 3% less than in 2021. In 2023, the company produced 13.224 bcm of commercial gas, which is 0.679 bcm more than in 2022.
“In January-June 2024, Ukrgasvydobuvannya increased natural gas (commercial) production by 8.8% compared to the same period in 2023 – up to 6.913 bcm.
NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine owns 100% of Ukrgasvydobuvannya shares.
