WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ukraine appealed for urgent international aid this week after the fall of Russian-backed president Viktor Yanukovich cast doubt on whether it could get the remaining $12 billion (£7.1 billion) from a bailout deal he struck with Moscow.
Ukraine's acting president, Oleksander Turchinov, said Kiev would need $35 billion over the next two years, and warned the economy was "heading into the abyss."
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