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U.S. investment fund Franklin Templeton Investments acquired bonds of the Ukrainian government worth $ 5billion, accounting for 20 percent of the Ukrainian foreign debt. First vice-premier of Ukraine, Sergei Arbuzov, and Finance Minister Yury Kolobov visited the headquarters of the fund in California to discuss the details of future cooperation. Investment company Franklin Templeton (FT) was established in 1947. The company manages assets worth about 815 billion dollars. The fund owns bonds of Ireland that were acquired during the time of the financial crisis. After Ireland received financial support from the EU and the IMF, Franklin Templeton gained considerable profit....

Ukraine Economic Catastrophe The Problem Not H1N1 Swine Flu Politics / Eastern Europe Dec 02, 2009 - 03:18 PM By: F_William_Engdahl The Ukraine deaths attributed by WHO and Ukraine authorities to an uncontrolled outbreak of H1N1 Swine Flu are not the result of H1N1, a virus whose very existence has never been demonstrated by WHO. The deaths appear to be a consequence of collapsing general health conditions as well as supplies of basic grains. The IMF conditionalities imposed on Ukraine as precondition for a stabilization loan and not Swine Flu is where we should look for the cause. Very telling...