... year, but in 2012 froze at 0.3%
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. The situation in the country has become critical, and the beginning of military operations in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions coupled with Crimea’s reunification with Russia only exacerbated it.
Crimea and Donbass: The price paid
In purely economic terms, the impact of Crimea’s secession from Ukraine has been relatively insignificant, and is estimated at about 3.8% of total GDP
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. The region was not known for having a high standard of living, ...
Despair reigns in the Donbass. The military activity with its resulting victims and heavy material losses will not change anything - a balance of power has been established, one that does not allow for the shaking up of the status quo. But at the same time no one wants to ...
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Both sides regarded the Minsk agreement as a breathing space and used it as an argument in their information campaigns.
The “Normandy format” meeting of the foreign ministers took place in the context of escalating armed conflict in the Donbass region. During the constant fighting of the previous days the DPR and LPR militias had managed to seize the initiative and by using a significant amount of armoured vehicles and artillery to capture a large part of Donetsk airport and a small ...
... Union, which would protect their economies from competition from the European Union. This would then enable them to negotiate more favorable terms with the European Union, using the cumulative economic and political weight of the Eurasian countries.
Donbass
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Alexei Fenenko:
Is Ukrainian Crisis the Last for Russia?
The Ukrainian crisis has been worsened by the armed conflict in Donbass, leading more and more politicians in Russian and Ukraine to think about the need for a speedy ...
It’s time for talking, rather than shooting
The new Ukrainian President faces a range of serious political, economic and social challenges – challenges on which the country’s future depends. But right now, he has neither the readiness, nor the desire and political will to tackle them.
Ukraine is pinning great hopes on Pyotr Poroshenko following his victory in the presidential elections. The Ukrainian media, which is controlled by pro-Maidan oligarchs, wrote that Poroshenko has the necessary...
