KIEV, Ukraine — “The hryvnia is falling!” yelled a vendor as she flipped over a jar filled with water, and bills of the Ukrainian currency tumbled downward. This past weekend, over 15,000 residents of Ukraine’s capital attended the Panic and Hysteria festival, held at the city’s Aviation Museum park, meant to give Ukrainians a space to laugh and relieve their stress. With Ukraine’s revolution last year, the annexation of Crimea, and the war in the east, the country’s economy has been battered, and its currency drastically devalued. …read more
Source: International Business Times
