Business peciliarities in Ukraine and Bealrus
8 million,
Kharkiv (Kharkov) 1.5 million,
Lviv (Lvov) - 1.5 million,
Donetsk 1 million,
Dnipropetrovsk (Dnepropetrovsk) - 1 million,
Odesa (Odessa) 1 million.
Zaporizhzhya (Zaporozhye) 0.8 million.
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GDP growth, %: 1.0 (2013 forecast EBRD downward revision from previously projected
2.5%).
Official language: Ukrainian (although Russian is widely used in business
communication).
Currency: Hryvnya (UAH).
Government type: republic.
Membership: the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World
Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the World Trade
Organization (WTO), etc.
Ukraine is bordered by Russia in the east, the Black Sea in the south, Moldova, Romania,
Hungary, Slovakia and Poland in the west, and Belarus in the north. The country is rich in