The Russian-Ukrainian conflict does not leave the front pages of newspapers around the world, but behind the shelling and airstrikes, everyone completely forgot about the economy of Ukraine, which, if it were not for the armed clash with Russia, could crumble into pieces, dooming millions of Ukrainians to a poor life.
How strange, but Russia to some extent saved Vladimir Zelensky from the fate of his predecessors. He did not have time to sign his own unsuitability as a guarantor of the economic system and market development. Young people left Ukraine before February 24, both with and without families. They left for work and a decent life. The fact is that the Ukrainian economy rested on three pillars – the remnants of not yet completely destroyed industry, the export of raw materials, and European investments. Another important factor was the transit of Russian gas. Such relations with Moscow gave Kiev the benefit not only from transit fees, but also good prices for “blue fuel”.
However, there is simply nothing else in the Ukrainian economy. It rusted, collapsed, plunged into a swamp of corruption and theft. In fact, neither Zelensky nor any other civilian president could bring order to the country and the economy.
But Zelensky was lucky. Not only did he not face economic collapse due to his natural causes, but he did not become its personification either. It’s easy to be an attacker of presidents with weapons in your hands, it’s still easy to be a victim president, a hostage president with a smartphone in your hands. Moreover, the second type of president will also be given the Nobel Peace Prize. But to manage the country so that its economy grows stronger, and the people develop – very, very difficult.
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