[Cossak]

So Ukrainian budget is better balanced now while Russian one is basket case.

[Ivan Mazepa]

This is what I'm watching: Russian Foreign Reserve

First column is the date, second column are the reserves in USDs (in millions) As of March 2015, $360 B

[Zhang Fei]

So Ukrainian budget is better balanced now while Russian one is basket case.

That will never be for as long as their elites pursue similar policies, but Russia has a continent's worth of natural resources. Think Saudi Arabia vs Yemen. Similar cultures, but one has oil whereas the other, mostly sand.

[meatloaf]

The Ukrainians now have an American woman as their finance minister. I think she was born in the Midwest to Ukrainian parents. She was working at an NGO when Ukrainians streamed into Kiev to protest the previous president’s move away from the EU.