Glyn Thomas
I'm the author of the blog and the book "Telling Tales". I spent a happy decade in Ukraine working and living and am now settled in the UK with my Ukrainian wife and our three children. The book is based loosely on tales from Anya's past most notably the period of the Holodomor.
Telling Tales
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Electricity update…good news!
This actually developed better than I thought it would as instead of rolling over and paying up we decided to exploit the chink the armour of Ukraine’s systems – “The need to solve matters in an administrative way.” For whatever … Continue reading
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Tagged building house ukraine corruption costs, costs, electricity Ukraine, Energy, Kyivenergo
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The Electricity Man Cometh…
.. and has wide grasping hands. Like many “Public Utility” companies here. Having approached Kyivenergo and been told quietly that I could pay for my Electricity to be connected “unofficially” for 30,000 UAH I decided to reject this as it … Continue reading
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