Ungated Post | 30 Nov 2020

Podcast: Window on the East – Wither Ukraine in 2021?

Evghenia Sleptsova, senior economist for Russia & CIS at Oxford Economics joins Ben Aris, editor-in-chief, Business News Europe and Elina Ribakova, deputy chief economist of the Institute of International Finance (IIF) to discuss Ukraine’s economic health and the prospects for getting through another year ahead.

With money in the bank and solid macro fundamentals, for now, Ukraine will get to the end of this year ok, but with a heavy debt repayment schedule in the second half of 2021 there is no way the country can cope without making up with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Listen to the podcast below or via Business News Europe, alternatively watch the full interview here.

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