Ukraine Faces Debt Downgrade as Russia Puts Loan on Hold

As cities in Ukraine remain in the grip of protests and political crisis, a rating agency has downgraded the country’s sovereign debt.  Russia, meanwhile, says it will put a loan deal with Ukraine on hold until a new government is formed.  The crisis is exacerbating existing economic problems. In Independence Square, old war movies stir the spirits of revolution.  On a big screen, Ukrainian insurgent fighters take on Russian forces in World War II. Protesters draw...

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