You have to stand back and examine the economy. For roughly twenty years since the USSR dissolved....the Ukraine was mostly handcuffed to Russia for the majority of business and trade. But a funny thing happened. They started to emerge from the shadow and do business in Europe. And they got bold....and grew a secondary economy.
So, here’s the inside scoop. If you are talking barge and car manufacture abilities....the Ukraine is the place to be for the next decade, for sales inside of Europe. If you are talking aircraft or helicopters...they are amongst the nine top countries in the world.
If you were talking agricultural sales....no one in Europe can out-produce them.
If you were talking IT certified experts and huge potential growth for the next decade....after India and China...the Ukraine is next.
They had twenty-three million tourists arrive in the country in 2012...which means they are doing something right and making it a success. Hotel-wise, they might need to boost things a bit....but it works.
They have almost no oil production....but they’ve got tons of natural gas capabilities. Electricity? More than enough for more industry. Debt? A ton of debt....but mostly because of incompetent government dimwits, who work in favor of a strong Russia.
If the Ukraine were to hook up and do solid business within the EU...within a decade...they’d clear most of the debt issues and easily have one of the better success stories to talk about. But...they’d have to bump Russia out of the room, and make it on their own.
That’s the bottom line on this story.
You are right. Ukraine has come a very long way since partition and has enormous potential. They have to move away from Russia
Who and what is their money tied to? Russia? Being tied to the Euro might not be much better, from what I’ve been reading,
That is Free Trade Communist fantasy propoganda what you wrote
The EU will just bankrupt Ukraine...like it has done with its other members
Let Ukraine determine its own way...not Soros or EU
The recent Shale Gas discoveries give them hope to be more significant in Europe’s energy supply for the future. Which would make Russia less significant for the same.
Ukraine’s shale gas lures western companies
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/abe8802a-4d0c-11e3-9f40-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2triuSa2u
Nov 14, 2013
Ukraine signs $10 billion shale gas deal with Chevron
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/05/us-ukraine-chevron-idUSBRE9A40ML20131105
Nov 5, 2013
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?
No.
Actually you have just outlined Soros’ fantasy.
George Soros thanks you for your work. You are a good little Soros puppet.
Because Ukraine can do everything you mentioned without being shackled to the economically collapsing European Union welfare state.
But go ahead and explain to us your little delusion about how the European Union welfare state isn’t in an unrecoverable death spiral, so connecting to it isn’t stupid and destructive.