{"id":1428,"date":"2014-11-11T10:03:57","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T15:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=1428"},"modified":"2014-11-11T10:03:57","modified_gmt":"2014-11-11T15:03:57","slug":"ukraine-currency-crashes-after-senior-eu-official-says-the-ukrainians-are-manipulating-us-zero-hedge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=1428","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Currency Crashes After Senior EU Official Says &#8220;The Ukrainians Are Manipulating Us&#8221; | Zero Hedge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2014-11-11\/ukraine-currency-crashes-after-senior-eu-official-says-ukrainians-are-manipulating-u\">Ukraine Currency Crashes After Senior EU Official Says &#8220;The Ukrainians Are Manipulating Us&#8221; | Zero Hedge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.25em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; display: block;\">The much discussed tumble in the Russian ruble (or as Japan would call it &#8220;mission accomplished&#8221; if its was the Yen instead of the Ruble) may have stabilized somewhat, and judging by the Russian central bank&#8217;s response to no longer intervene in the FX corridor-setting market on a daily basis, Russia is hardly too concerned by the impact to the economy as a result of the beating its currency has taken, but where Putin may have brushed off the &#8220;speculative&#8221; attack on its currency for the time being, things for Russia&#8217;s western adversary, the Ukraine &#8211; the country whose economy is in a state of near terminal collapse and which unlike Russia doesn&#8217;t have massive raw materials to fall back on &#8211; are just starting to go bump in the night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.25em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; display: block;\">As has been the case for nearly a year, the Ukraine has been on life support by its &#8220;western allies&#8221; ever since the\u00a0<a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #1e439a;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2014-02-06\/fuck-eu-us-state-department-blasts-europe-revealed-alleged-mastermind-behind-ukraine\">Victoria Nuland\/US State Department\/CIA catalyzed coup\u00a0<\/a>early in the year. The problem is that those same &#8220;allies&#8221; now look like they have had enough of their &#8220;alliance&#8221; and are about to pull the &#8220;blank check&#8221; rug.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.25em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; display: block;\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #1e439a;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/11\/09\/us-ukraine-crisis-eu-suspicion-insight-idUSKCN0IT0MM20141109\">According to Reuters<\/a>, nearly a year on from the first &#8220;EuroMaidan&#8221; protests that would topple the pro-Moscow president who had spurned an EU trade deal,\u00a0<strong>some in Brussels are disillusioned by the experience of helping Ukraine. EU generosity in waiving import duties and funding gas supplies from Russia may be being abused, they say<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.25em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; display: block;\">Corruption in Ukraine? Unpossible. But wait, it gets better:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.25em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; display: block;\">&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine Currency Crashes After Senior EU Official Says &#8220;The Ukrainians Are Manipulating Us&#8221; | Zero Hedge. 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