Because of the trade war Russia, Ukraine has lost a billion dollars
Trading aggression of Russia prevented Ukraine to capitalize on the export of 1 billion dollars within 2016.
This figure was announced by Deputy Minister of economic development and trade, trade representative of Ukraine Nataliya Mykolska, UNIAN reports.
“Only in exports last year, we lost one billion dollars of net exports due to the trade of Russia’s aggression,” said Gaina.
Extremely negative impact on the Ukrainian foreign trade has had and the military aggression of the Russian Federation, which resulted in the loss of 20% of industrial production.
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Natalia Nikolskaya / Twitter
Natalia Nikolskaya / Twitter
Natalia Nikolskaya / Twitter
Natalia Nikolskaya / Twitter