| Table of Contents: | | | | GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS : RUCIS, Ukraine, EU, IMF-World Bank, Russia | | | | TOPICS : economy, politics, corporate, election, finance, fiscal, growth, investment, legislation, policy, reform, industry, constitution, energy, foreign trade, metals, party, privatisation | | | | SIGNIFICANCE : Although the president's powers were curtailed by constitutional reforms that came into force in 2006, the head of state retains a number of mechanisms by which he or she could influence the formation of economic policy. Given a favourable political configuration in parliament, Ukraine's next president is likely to exercise significant authority over regulating the recession-hit economy |
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