Ukraine nearly botched its agreement with the IMF partly because some members of Mr Yushchenko's Our Ukraine block refused to vote for fiscal cuts.

ECONOMIST: Ukraine's troubles

Who cared if our secondhand car had a death rattle and our AAA card was useless in Ukraine?

WSJ: An Accidental Trip to Trans-Dniester | Traveler's Tale

Our results, using data on nearly every manufacturing firm in four economies (Hungary, Romania, Russia and Ukraine), suggest that the employment impact of privatisation is usually positive, and where it is negative the magnitudes are small and statistically insignificant.

ECONOMIST: Jos�� Sarney