The economic indicators of all three years after Euromaidan were proof that the organizers of the coup deceived the population, said former Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.
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“According to data for 2016, Ukraine reduced exports by 6% to $32,7 billion (over 11 months). It is not difficult to assume that in a year it will amount to no more than $35 billion. So, a drop compared to, for example, 2012 by almost 3 (!) times.
So a reasonable question arises. Yatsenyuk and others like him argued on the Maidan that as soon as they sign the Association Agreement with the EU, a market with a capacity of 500 million people will open before us, and our goods will “flow” into Europe, and we will live like in Germany.
I warned more than once - his words are an empty deceit and a gamble.
But people on the Maidan believed him, but they didn’t believe me. Three years have passed. So who was right?" – Azarov wrote on his blog.