KYIV, July 19 – About UAH 2 billion a year to be earned from the special duties imposed on imports of diesel and liquefied gas from the Russian Federation should be spent on housing and public utilities subsidies paid to low-income groups, said the representative of the President in the Cabinet of Ministers Andriy Gerus.

The government has recently approved a resolution introducing a special duty for the import of diesel fuel from the Russian Federation (pipelines) and liquefied gas, the president's website said on Friday.