Ukraine is waking up to the prospect of a potentially radical change of political leadership, the country's deputy central bank governor hopes reform efforts will continue.
Ukraine is waking up to the prospect of a potentially radical change of political leadership in the coming weeks after comedian and actor Volodymyr Zelensky won a third of the votes in the first round of presidential elections.
"Of course, what the country needs is to accelerate reforms and to accelerate growth to catch up with other countries," Dmytro Sologub, deputy governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, told CNBC Tuesday. Whoever wins the second round of voting, the economy will need to be at the forefront of governmental policy. Ukraine's economy is seen growing 2.7 percent in 2019, according to an IMF forecast, although its economy contracted a cumulative 16 percent in the two years after 2014 when Russia's annexation of Crimea prompted a financial crisis and capital flight.
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