The national Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on Tuesday lowered the rate of the Ukrainian national currency-UAH 2 ? 24, 8 hryvnia per dollar.
at the official NBU rate, $ 100 are 2, 4 thousand UAH, 100 Euro - 2, 78 thousand UAH, 10 Russian rubles - 3, 98 UAH, UNIAN reports. Before Tuesday, the national Bank of Ukraine increased the refinancing rate from 19, 5% to 30% from March 4, 2015. Last Thursday, the national Bank of Ukraine lowered the exchange rate is almost two grivnas 30, 01 hryvnia per dollar. On Wednesday, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko asked in a persistent form from the head of the national Bank to stabilize the exchange rate at the level at which relied Cabinet for approving changes to the state budget 2015 21, 7 UAH per dollar. For reviews of the Western media, Kiev unable to cope with the economic situation, is a full-fledged financial crisis and one hundred percent devaluation of the hryvnia, and foreign exchange savings of the country declare default. The Minister of Finance of Ukraine Natalie Jaresko in early January, he acknowledged that Ukraine is in a desperate financial situation and wants to go with complaints to Western partners. In addition, as reported above media, the result of the depreciation of the hryvnia Ukrainians became more difficult to obtain a Schengen visa - devaluation of the national currency led to the fact that the minimum salary, which is given a visa, has increased almost 3 times.


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