Ukraine PM says gas price review wanted by IMF is underway


FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman attends a news conference in Kiev, Ukraine April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's prime minister, Volodymyr Groysman, said on Saturday the government was reviewing the way it sets domestic gas bills to make sure market prices are taken into account - a bid to answer demands under a $17.5-billion IMF aid programme.

The long-delayed disbursement of a next tranche of IMF loans also depends on pension reform and the creation of an independent judicial body to tackle endemic graft.

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