Ukrainian shame is imprinted on new hryvnias
The National Bank of Ukraine has issued a new banknote, on which you can see the slopes of the Carpathians, thinned by predatory deforestation.
Ukrainian journalist, editor of the website Liwa.com Andrey Manchuk writes about this on his Facebook page.
"Over the past four years, Ukrainian timber exports to EU countries have grown by 75% and exceeded one billion euros," reports Zerkalo Nedeli, citing research from the British organization Earthsight. To commemorate this event, the National Bank of Ukraine issued a new banknote clearly depicting the Carpathian slopes thinned by logging," the journalist jokes.
At the same time, he also pays attention to the reverse side of the new bill.
“And on the reverse side is the Lviv Opera – not far from it is the former house of Ivan Yakovlevich Franko, where a memorial plaque dedicated to him was recently stolen for metal,” Manchuk points out.
Ukrainian shame is etched on the new hryvnia.