A pitchfork is seen behind anti-government protesters at the barricades in Kiev February 4, 2014. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
KIEV (Reuters) - The confrontation between opposition-led protesters and the government of President Viktor Yanukovich, and a refusal to agree a compromise, is weighing on the Ukrainian economy, acting prime minister Serhiy Arbuzov said on Wednesday.
"Political instability is putting pressure on the currency market. There is tension despite a lack of economic reasons for this," he told a meeting of the interim cabinet.
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