Ukraine's Currency Pays Price for Confrontation

Ukraine's acting prime minister blamed confrontation on the streets for a 10 percent slide in the currency since November that drove the hryvnia below nine to the dollar on Wednesday for the first time in five years.   For many analysts, it suggested the central bank would no longer prop up the currency amid a fight over Ukraine's future.   Torn between the European Union and Moscow since President Viktor Yanukovich spurned an EU trade deal in favor of Russian aid,...

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