Political upheavals in Ukraine that started in 2014 have caused a severe deterioration of the country’s economic situation, combined with the decline in the socio-economic well-being of Ukrainian citizens. The Euro-maidan protests resulted in the ouster of President Yanukovych, which led to Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the armed conflict in the Donbass region. These dramatic events have seriously affected Ukraine’s economy triggering sharp GDP fluctuations.
Daniyar Nurbayev is a research fellow at the Eurasian Research Institute. Daniyar completed his bachelor’s degree in Finance in the Kazakh-British Technical University in 2013. In addition, he holds Masters degree in Finance from the Kazakh-British Technical University (2015). In 2014, he attended to the research summer school at University Campus Suffolk in Ipswich, United Kingdom. His research interests include political economy, economic growth in developing countries, macroeconomic and monetary policy related issues.