KUCHMA SAYS UKRAINE WON’T MEET IMF TARGETS.

President LeonidKuchma said that his government would start to reinflate the economyto push growth and thus would not meet IMF-mandated targets forinflation next year, Kiev radio reported. Although inflation hasfallen dramatically in Ukraine in the last six months, so hasproduction and employment. In a related development, Ukraine andthe European Union were still far apart on Kiev’s request formore money to shut down the Chernobyl reactor.

Crimea Calming Down.