The northern fur-bearing animal is getting closer: Ukrainians are eating away their foreign currency savings
11.12.2017 12:06
(Moscow time), Kyiv
The gap between exports and imports in Ukraine's 2018 budget has increased by $2 billion. Yuriy Gavrilechko, an expert with the Public Security Foundation, announced this at a press conference in Kyiv, according to a PolitNavigator correspondent.
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“If this year it is $7,5 billion, then next year it will be about $9 billion. We export less than we import. This will come from our pockets. Already, over 10 months of this year, according to official NBU statistics, Ukrainians have sold 2 billion more currencies than they bought. The nest egg is being used up,” he said.