Could Post-Soviet Ukraine's economy be saved?

Remitonov

Remitonov

Have the Soviets realize early that the planned economy is shit and try to change it, preferably without racing for political reforms? I honestly don't know how that could happen, though.
 

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Remitonov said:
Have the Soviets realize early that the planned economy is shit and try to change it, preferably without racing for political reforms? I honestly don't know how that could happen, though.
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That's not really answering the problem set by the OP. The problem here is that post-breakup, Ukraine earns maybe a bit more than one third of what Belarus does per capita, and a quarter of of what Russia and Kazakhstan do. It's below even Uzbekistan on that front. That is a post-1990 divergence: the Ukrainian SSR was mostly comparable to RSFSR and wealthier than BSSR before then.

So to summarise: Russia's state-controlled petrostate kelptocracy grew much faster than Ukraine's, and Belarus' old-fashioned dirigiste economy is notably healthier even without any hydrocarbon production. How did that happen?
 

Jürgen

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On the graph above we see the problem exemplified. Some of it are hard to avoid. But I think a solution could be more stable pro-western governments in Ukraine, which pushed forward toward a EU membership (it doesn't really matter if they get it, the EU demands are good for a country on it own). How do we do it? Well we lower the number of Russians, ensuring that the pro-west Ukrainian dominates. The easiest way could be that Crimea got independence or joined Russia. Simply change the 1991 referendum to joining Russia or becoming a SSR and the pro-Russian would be significant weaken in Ukraine.
 

thekingsguard

Warmer relations with the West would help greatly.

Ukraine has a TON of potential. It's always baffled me why, beyond Russian interferance and corruption, why this wasn't acted on more.
 
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