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Ukraine’s government mulls raising taxes to plug a $12bn hole in the budget
Ukraine’s budget is short of UAH500bn ($12bn) this year to finance its planned expenditures and it is not clear how the shortfall will be covered, other than by raising taxes and printing money. Tax revenues in general have increased as the economy …