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nike air max 90 pinnacle rose dames , Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Moscow is surprised that a number of European politicians rushed to support early presidential elections in Ukraine in contradiction with the agreement of a peace deal which envisaged such elections only upon completion of the constitutional reform, Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday.
"Obviously, for such a reform to succeed, all political forces and regions in Ukraine should participate and its results should be submitted for a popular referendum," the ministry said in an online statement.
Legitimacy of the work of Ukraine's parliament, or the Supreme Rada
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"Their aim is to suppress dissent in various Ukrainian regions by dictatorship and even terrorist methods," the ministry said, adding these developments pose threat to peace, social stability and security of the citizens.
Moscow accused Western countries of not caring about the fate of Ukraine and of taking a one-sided geopolitical approach.
"Willingly or not, the actions (of extremists) have been approved by some of our Western partners to conceal a scenario of the de-facto forceful regime change in Ukraine
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It is especially disturbing that Western powers are attempting to use the United Nations secretariat to justify such an approach, it added.
"We strongly urge all those involved in the crisis in Ukraine to demonstrate maximum responsibility and not to let the situation degrade further, to bring it back onto the legal track, and decisively terminate power-thirsty extremists," Moscow said.
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By Will Koulouris
SYDNEY, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- The soaring price of electricity in Australia is hitting the hip pockets of its poorest people the hardest, according to a report released Friday that said that single parents, and elderly men and women, are worse off than most.
The Curtin University report calculated that in the state of Western Australia alone, over one quarter of single parents spend over 10 percent of their after-housing costs on energy
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When taken as a whole, households in the lowest 10 percent of income bracket fork out over 10 percent of their wages on energy, while middle income families spend 3 percent, and the top quarter earners spend only 2 percent.
"West Australian households are now spending an average of 1,791 Australian dollars (1,415 U.S. dollars) on energy each year
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While Duncan suggested that solar power may be the solution within the West Australian market -- citing that "roof-top solar power is a solution for many households seeking to deal with rising energy costs" - the cost of installing these units is not practicable for many seeking to support their families on low incomes.
"There is some evidence to support the claim that high energy costs lead to compromises in other life aspects. While average household energy costs have increased since 2010-11, spending on health, and groceries have both reduced in this same period," Duncan said.
Furthermore
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This move has the potential to alleviate some of the economic distress suffered by people who find themselves in the most precarious financial situations, according to co-author of the report Rebecca Cassells, who told Xinhua on Friday that this action will make inroads in the energy price squeeze.
"If you have got the Prime Minister talking to you about the need to ease prices for households, and they are bringing together all of the heads of the energy companies - then obviously there is a real sense from policy that they are going to try and figure out a way to bring down energy costs," Cassells said.
"It's likely that it will make some difference
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A recent Grattan Institute report into energy prices in the state of Victoria said that "the profit margins of electricity retailers in Victoria appear excessively high and have been rising without apparent justification" with energy providers charging at least a 13 percent markup in their prices according to the figures.
"Many Australians, including some of the most vulnerable, are paying more than they need to. The way retailers advertise their discounts is confusing and possibly misleading," the report said.
"Electricity is an essential service without substitutes
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According to Ariel Liebman, deputy director of the Monash Energy material and Systems Institute at Monash University in Victoria, the answer may lie in further privatisation of the energy market in Australia.
"(The government needs to).
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