Ukraine is now the Mexico of Europe. So many Ukrainians have to leave the country to find work that Ukraine is now tops in Europe for remittances sent home to loved ones, per World Bank. As of 2018, Ukraine is also the poorest country in Europe, per IMF

Ukraine has become the Mexico of Europe. Such a large percentage of Ukraine’s population has to leave the country to find work while leaving loved ones behind that Ukraine in 2018 is now tops in Europe and Central Asia for remittances sent home to loved ones at $14 billion, per World Bank....Additionally, Ukraine is now the poorest country in Europe, per IMF.

[Image: Ukraine map, via famous wonders]

4/8/19, “Record High Remittances Sent Globally in 2018,” worldbank.org 

“After posting 22 percent growth in 2017, remittances to Europe and Central Asia grew an estimated 11 percent to $59 billion in 2018.…Ukraine, the region’s largest remittance recipient, received a new record of more than $14 billion in 2018, up about 19 percent over 2017. This surge in Ukraine also reflects a revised methodology for estimating incoming remittances, as well as growth in neighboring countries’ demand for migrant workers.” [subhead, “Regional Remittance Trends”]

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Added: Per International Monetary Fund, “Ukraine overtook Moldova as the poorest country in Europe as measured in GDP per capita in 2018.” 

4/26/2019, “What is wrong with the Ukrainian economy?“ Anders Aslund, Atlantic Council 

“Ukraine is now the poorest country in Europe. According to the International Monetary Fund, Ukraine overtook Moldova as the poorest country in Europe as measured in GDP per capita in 2018 at $2,963, 8 percent less than in Moldova.”…

IMF chart: “5. Report for Selected Countries and Subjects,” imf.org

Above IMF chart shows Ukraine overtook Moldova in both 2017 and 2018. Below, Moldova maps:..

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Comment: If Ukrainians believed for one minute that John McCain, any US government official (“Yats is the guy,") or any self-proclaimed US “democracy” advocates on the ground in Ukraine wanted a better life for ordinary Ukrainians, they deserved the shock they got. To begin with, US massively sponsors Islamic terrorism, (including child beheaders). Congress even refuses to pass the “Stop Arming Terrorists Act.“…………

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In Dec. 2013 US Senator McCain traveled to Ukraine to lead an anti-government “regime change” protest. As Senator McCain said, “And of course Ukraine is the crown jewel.…Russia, without Ukraine it’s an eastern power, with Ukraine it’s a western power." 

12/15/2013, “John McCain backs opposition leaders telling Ukraine protesters: ‘America stands with you – Ukraine will make Europe better’,” AP report via Daily Mail





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