Cabinet to allocate UAH 100,000 to families of Ukrainian political prisoners held in Russia

12:26, 26.07.2018 1 min read

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine will make a decision on Thursday to allocate UAH 100,000 to the families of Ukrainians held in Russia for political reasons, Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said.

"We will take a decision today to support the families of political prisoners and allocate UAH 100,000 to each family," he said at a government meeting on Thursday.

He said that these families have a lot of expenses that they need to cover.

Groysman also thanked Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Liudmyla Denisova for the all-round support of Ukrainian political prisoners held in Russia.