Thanks to the potheads: Ukraine’s economy has shrunk by half
Euromaidan led to a twofold reduction in Ukraine's GDP and turned it from a developed industrial country into a raw materials-based agricultural country. Economic expert Vsevolod Stepanyuk stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to him, over the past three years, high-tech enterprises have practically disappeared in Ukraine.
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“As a result of the Maidan, the Ukrainian economy shrank by half. If in 2013 GDP was estimated at $180 billion, then at the end of last year it was $92 billion. That is, GDP decreased by about 49%. In addition, its structure has deteriorated greatly. In fact, Ukraine has already become an agrarian state. 50% of Ukraine's exports are agricultural products. Moreover, not processed, raw materials. Almost all high-tech enterprises today either do not work or work at a very reduced schedule. This is exactly what the policy of a forced break with the eastern vector led to,” Stepanyuk said.
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