Head of international Affairs of the state Duma, Alexei Pushkov believes that Kyiv should not rely on the collapse of the Russian economy due punishment of the EU, and to ponder, " as if not to collapse ".
before Thursday, the Head of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that he considers appropriate for Europe to discuss only the strengthening of sanctions against Russia, but not the possibility of cancellation.
"in Kiev in vain nourish the hope that the renewal of the sanctions the EU will lead to the collapse of our economy. They need to think about something else - as if not to collapse, " Pushkov wrote on the last working day of the week in your own Twitter.
first against Russia, the West has imposed a series of sanctions, because the Ukrainian authorities, as well as the United States and the European Union has repeatedly accused Moscow of meddling in Ukraine's Affairs. Russia denies It and calls such accusations are unacceptable. Moscow has repeatedly stated that it is not a party to domestic conflict and not privy to the events in the Southeast, is interested in Ukraine to overcome the political and economic crisis.
Ukraine is now in fact remains on the brink of default. In the country increases the unemployment rate, national currency per one year fell more than 3 times. In the end, according to the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, in January 2015, the average salary in the country amounted 3455 USD, or About 160 dollars. This is one of the lowest in the EU.
About 70% of Ukrainian citizens in the process sociologicheskogo research told about life satisfaction. Yatsenyuk said that in 2015, the country faces the challenge to survive, " it will be hard to absolutely all social strata ".
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