The chemicals market suffered the most from the financial crisis, which was prompted by plummeted demand for the chemicals in global markets. The situation has been worsened by troubles with natural gas supply and its rising prices resulting in loss-generation of chemical production. The output shrunk almost 2 times in January 2009 vs. January 2008 (Exhibit 1). In 2009 the government planned to provide certain aid to the sector, which would be directed among others at cheapening of the gas, though hardly any support was furnished.