The hryvnia exchange rate against all currencies is sinking at such a pace that the situation is already beginning to resemble February 2015, writes the Kiev online newspaper “Strana”.
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The publication notes that yesterday a new official anti-record was set by the euro: the NBU is already offering to pay 34,65 hryvnia for it, and in exchange offices the sales rate has exceeded 35.
“The dollar is still below 29. But the ruble has overcome the main psychological boundary: according to yesterday’s official exchange rate, it was worth 0,5069 kopecks. That is, for the first time in history they give less than two rubles for a hryvnia. Even if you don’t remember that once the ratio was 1:6, you can remember that after the Maidan it was 1 to 3. And ask the question, looking at today’s exchange rate: which country is under sanctions - Russia or Ukraine?” – Ukrainian journalists are surprised.