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Jan 31, 2024 · Despite the nearly insurmountable challenges faced by the country since the conflict began in early 2022, experts such as Oleg Bakhmatyuk, an expert on Ukrainian politics, founder and CEO of ...
The swathes of Ukrainian land contaminated with mines and unexploded devices are "paralyzing the economy," and ultimately "preventing Ukraine from recovering from the war," Collins, a star of long ...
Town and country. In the event of a split, Ukraine’s 45m inhabitants would be split fairly evenly between the two halves. West Ukraine would be relatively rural, with only 14.4m of its 24m inhabitants (57%) classed as urban dwellers. By contrast, East Ukraine would be a less populous but more urbanised state, with 79% living in urban areas.
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In the event of a split, Ukraine’s 45m inhabitants would be split fairly evenly between the two halves. West Ukraine would be relatively rural, with only 14.4m of its 24m inhabitants (57%) classed as urban dwellers. By contrast, East Ukraine would be a less populous but more urbanised state, with 79% living in urban areas. West would be poorer than...
The economic structures of the two states could hardly be any more different. In West Ukraine, the economy is dominated by agrarian production and the huge service sector centred on the capital city of Kiev. Ukraine is currently the world’s largest producer of sunflower oil, and a major exporter of other agricultural products, such as wheat, grain ...
Two other issues might define the respective economic futures of a divided nation: the future of Ukraine’s large stock of public debt; and the potential transformative impact of shale gas. The first key issue is how the large stock of existing Ukrainian public debt would be divided up. Ukraine currently has a public debt-to-GDP ratio of around 40%....
Western Ukraine’s economic powerhouse, the city of Kiev, would likely experience significant disruption in the event of a division. West Ukraine would require enormous levels of external assistance, both to manage its large public debt burden, and to generate the type of economic restructuring that would be required to increase income levels across...
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Oct 12, 2023 · The country faces major economic damage, with vast swathes of crops going unharvested and fields falling. Despite predictions that Ukraine will only finish demining with current resources at the end of the third millennium, the Ukrainian government has pledged to return 80% of this mined farmland to use within the next decade. Experts state ...
May 10, 2022 · At a glance, Russia has so far been able to fend off an economic collapse following its invasion of Ukraine. It has been hammered by sanctions introduced by Western countries since February. The ...
May 7, 2024 · As Taras Kachka, Ukraine’s deputy minister for agriculture, notes, this disturbance has provided plenty of opportunity for farmers to “optimise taxes”. Around 6.5m Ukrainians—or 15% of the ...
