Stimulating Ukraine’s economy is a key goal of the reforms that are underway in Kyiv. Ukraine’s Association Agreement with the European Union (EU) should enable better economic management and freer trade. But there’s an important precondition for growth: investor confidence. Domestic businessmen and foreign investors must feel sufficiently motivated to spend their money, time, and energy to utilize, renew, and create Ukrainian production facilities. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s strategy in Ukraine, in part, aims to deprive the Ukrainian state of its ability to offer credible physical and legal protection for private property and social stability. The two separatist areas in …read more
Source: Atlantic Council