KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's Finance Minister forecast the economy will shrink by 4.3 percent next year and warned of the huge challenge of getting state finances in order, as she presented a draft budget to parliament on Tuesday.
A year of revolution and war with pro-Russian separatists has pushed the hryvnia currency to record lows and crippled the economy, which was already near bankruptcy after years of corruption and economic mismanagement.
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