KIEV, Dec. 28 – The 2016 national budget passed by the Parliament puts Kiev city in the situation of surviving, not developing, Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko has said.

"I talked to MPs, and it was strange to hear some words from them that Kiev residents are like bees in clover. I tell them: go to the streets and talk to people. The prices in Kiev are higher than in other regions, and the cost of living is high, and people are surviving in these difficult conditions. I can say that this is the budget of not development, but surviving," the press service of the Kiev City Administration reported, citing Klitschko.