Ukraine: average wage up in January 2020

The average nominal wage of a full-time employee grew by 12.5% in Ukraine in January 2020 against December 2019, while rising by 16.3% YoY, to UAH 10,727, or $437. Real wages in Ukraine in January increased by 12.7% MoM and by 12.5% YoY, the State Statistics Service reported. The average nominal rate of a full-time…

Ukraine: state budget deficit up in 2019

Finance Ministry increased the state budget deficit in 2019 to UAH 81 billion ($3.3 billion), whereas earlier this figure was UAH 78.05 billion ($3.1 billion). “The Law of Ukraine “On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2019″ defines the annual limit of the state budget deficit in the amount of UAH 91.1 billion ($3.7 billion).…

Ukraine: defense concern massively overpays for Russian components to military hardware

Companies that are part of the Ukroboronprom Group from 2015 to 2019 through foreign intermediaries purchased Russian military products, whose cost was overestimated by two to three times. That’s according to a pre-trial investigation conducted by the Main Investigative Department of the Security Service of Ukraine. The court says special exporters in the interests of…