BNE journalist Ben Aris compares the economies of Ukraine and Russia.
He notes on Twitter:
Is Russia close to a crisis? Have you seen the economy of Ukraine? - In charts and infographics you can't take hits like Russia gives her and do business.
Ukraine's economy sinks into contraction when inflation reaches 10%, the trade gap reaches 45 billion dollars.
Everyone points to the "sky-high interest rates" of 14% (which have been going down).
Ukraine's NBU just *raised* the rate to 16.5%... Russia's economy is growing, albeit anemic. Ukr falls. etc'.