Ukraine faces a $19bn budget black hole
Since Russia invaded, Ukraine has each year named a price. After setting the budget, the government publishes the sum by which its revenues are expected to fall short of spending. Then, friendly governments, aided by the IMF, cajole one another into filling the gap. This year they will stump up $38bn, an amount equivalent to a fifth of Ukraine’s GDP.
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