KUCHMA SAYS UKRAINE WON’T MEET IMF TARGETS.

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.