“We have suspended the increase in metro fares, which will require the adoption of a law that should be quick, until we reach agreements that will allow us to better protect citizens against the backdrop of rising ... oil prices that have occurred in recent months and became the cause of tariff increases, ”RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

Earlier it became known that in the capital of Chile, Santiago, a state of emergency was imposed in connection with protests because of rising metro fares.