“I don't want to drop salt on the wound, as it already hurts.”

— Viktor Yanukovych

Speaking of the proposed increases of utility prices
Source: [Янукович взялся за старое, хоть и не хочет “капать соль на рану”, http://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2009/05/28/4487095/, 2022-06-12, Украинская правда, ru, 2009-05-28]

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Ukrainian politician who was the President of Ukraine 1950

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