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One of the hardest hit countries of the financial meltdown, Ukrainians have seen factories close, their currency plunge against the dollar and a reduction in spending by an already strapped government. Most Ukrainians took out easy to secure credit for everything from computers to cars and apartments, but at high interest rates and usually in US dollars, many people could not afford to pay...
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  • Kiev, Ukraine - November 27, 2008: A politician appears on a television screen to discuss the economic situation in Ukraine. One of the hardest hit countries of the financial meltdown, Ukrainians have seen factories close, their currency plunge against the dollar and a reduction in spending by an already strapped government. Most Ukrainians took out easy to secure credit for everything from computers to cars and apartments, but at high interest rates and usually in US dollars, many people could not afford to pay their already high monthly expenses, making an already beleagured government forced to take an emergency bailout loan from the IMF with strict guidelines. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • Kiev, Ukraine - November 27, 2008: A politician appears on a television screen to discuss the economic situation in Ukraine. One of the hardest hit countries of the financial meltdown, Ukrainians have seen factories close, their currency plunge against the dollar and a reduction in spending by an already strapped government. Most Ukrainians took out easy to secure credit for everything from computers to cars and apartments, but at high interest rates and usually in US dollars, many people could not afford to pay their already high monthly expenses, making an already beleagured government forced to take an emergency bailout loan from the IMF with strict guidelines. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • Kiev, Ukraine - November 27, 2008: A politician appears on a television screen to discuss the economic situation in Ukraine. One of the hardest hit countries of the financial meltdown, Ukrainians have seen factories close, their currency plunge against the dollar and a reduction in spending by an already strapped government. Most Ukrainians took out easy to secure credit for everything from computers to cars and apartments, but at high interest rates and usually in US dollars, many people could not afford to pay their already high monthly expenses, making an already beleagured government forced to take an emergency bailout loan from the IMF with strict guidelines. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • Kiev, Ukraine - November 27, 2008: A politician appears on a television screen to discuss the economic situation in Ukraine. One of the hardest hit countries of the financial meltdown, Ukrainians have seen factories close, their currency plunge against the dollar and a reduction in spending by an already strapped government. Most Ukrainians took out easy to secure credit for everything from computers to cars and apartments, but at high interest rates and usually in US dollars, many people could not afford to pay their already high monthly expenses, making an already beleagured government forced to take an emergency bailout loan from the IMF with strict guidelines. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • Kiev, Ukraine - December 2, 2008: McDonald's, always a popular spot in tough economic times, has faced the opposite effect in Ukraine. Considered to be expensive by Ukrainian standards, it was always viewed as a place visited on rare occaisions. One of the hardest hit countries of the financial meltdown, Ukrainians have seen factories close, their currency plunge against the dollar and a reduction in spending by an already strapped government. Most Ukrainians took out easy to secure credit for everything from computers to cars and apartments, but at high interest rates and usually in US dollars, many people could not afford to pay their already high monthly expenses, making an already beleagured government forced to take an emergency bailout loan from the IMF with strict guidelines. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • Kiev, Ukraine - November 27, 2008: McDonald's, always a popular spot in tough economic times, has faced the opposite effect in Ukraine. Considered to be expensive by Ukrainian standards, it was always viewed as a place visited on rare occaisions. One of the hardest hit countries of the financial meltdown, Ukrainians have seen factories close, their currency plunge against the dollar and a reduction in spending by an already strapped government. Most Ukrainians took out easy to secure credit for everything from computers to cars and apartments, but at high interest rates and usually in US dollars, many people could not afford to pay their already high monthly expenses, making an already beleagured government forced to take an emergency bailout loan from the IMF with strict guidelines. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • Kiev, Ukraine - November 28, 2008: Overlooking central Kiev, the country's capital city and centre of wealth. One of the hardest hit countries of the financial meltdown, Ukrainians have seen factories close, their currency plunge against the dollar and a reduction in spending by an already strapped government. Most Ukrainians took out easy to secure credit for everything from computers to cars and apartments, but at high interest rates and usually in US dollars, many people could not afford to pay their already high monthly expenses, making an already beleagured government forced to take an emergency bailout loan from the IMF with strict guidelines. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • Kiev, Ukraine - December 4, 2008: Overlooking central Kiev, the country's capital city and centre of wealth. One of the hardest hit countries of the financial meltdown, Ukrainians have seen factories close, their currency plunge against the dollar and a reduction in spending by an already strapped government. Most Ukrainians took out easy to secure credit for everything from computers to cars and apartments, but at high interest rates and usually in US dollars, many people could not afford to pay their already high monthly expenses, making an already beleagured government forced to take an emergency bailout loan from the IMF with strict guidelines. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • Kiev, Ukraine - November 28, 2008: In the first half of the year, Kiev saw an unpresedented building boom. Since the sconomic collapse, most construction sites have gone quiet, causing a ripple effect in the economy. Most workers on construction sites came from villages and small towns for employment, today, they are left without any prospects of returning to work. One of the hardest hit countries of the financial meltdown, Ukrainians have seen factories close, their currency plunge against the dollar and a reduction in spending by an already strapped government. Most Ukrainians took out easy to secure credit for everything from computers to cars and apartments, but at high interest rates and usually in US dollars, many people could not afford to pay their already high monthly expenses, making an already beleagured government forced to take an emergency bailout loan from the IMF with strict guidelines. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • Kiev, Ukraine - December 4, 2008: In the first half of the year, Kiev saw an unpresedented building boom. Since the sconomic collapse, most construction sites have gone quiet, causing a ripple effect in the economy. Most workers on construction sites came from villages and small towns for employment, today, they are left without any prospects of returning to work. One of the hardest hit countries of the financial meltdown, Ukrainians have seen factories close, their currency plunge against the dollar and a reduction in spending by an already strapped government. Most Ukrainians took out easy to secure credit for everything from computers to cars and apartments, but at high interest rates and usually in US dollars, many people could not afford to pay their already high monthly expenses, making an already beleagured government forced to take an emergency bailout loan from the IMF with strict guidelines. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • Kiev, Ukraine - December 4, 2008: In the first half of the year, Kiev saw an unpresedented building boom. Since the sconomic collapse, most construction sites have gone quiet, causing a ripple effect in the economy. Most workers on construction sites came from villages and small towns for employment, today, they are left without any prospects of returning to work. One of the hardest hit countries of the financial meltdown, Ukrainians have seen factories close, their currency plunge against the dollar and a reduction in spending by an already strapped government. Most Ukrainians took out easy to secure credit for everything from computers to cars and apartments, but at high interest rates and usually in US dollars, many people could not afford to pay their already high monthly expenses, making an already beleagured government forced to take an emergency bailout loan from the IMF with strict guidelines. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • Kiev, Ukraine - December 4, 2008: In the first half of the year, Kiev saw an unpresedented building boom. Since the sconomic collapse, most construction sites have gone quiet, causing a ripple effect in the economy. Most workers on construction sites came from villages and small towns for employment, today, they are left without any prospects of returning to work. One of the hardest hit countries of the financial meltdown, Ukrainians have seen factories close, their currency plunge against the dollar and a reduction in spending by an already strapped government. Most Ukrainians took out easy to secure credit for everything from computers to cars and apartments, but at high interest rates and usually in US dollars, many people could not afford to pay their already high monthly expenses, making an already beleagured government forced to take an emergency bailout loan from the IMF with strict guidelines. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • Kiev, Ukraine - November 28, 2008: In the first half of the year, Kiev saw an unpresedented building boom. Since the sconomic collapse, most construction sites have gone quiet, causing a ripple effect in the economy. Most workers on construction sites came from villages and small towns for employment, today, they are left without any prospects of returning to work. One of the hardest hit countries of the financial meltdown, Ukrainians have seen factories close, their currency plunge against the dollar and a reduction in spending by an already strapped government. Most Ukrainians took out easy to secure credit for everything from computers to cars and apartments, but at high interest rates and usually in US dollars, many people could not afford to pay their already high monthly expenses, making an already beleagured government forced to take an emergency bailout loan from the IMF with strict guidelines. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • Kiev, Ukraine - December 5, 2008: In the first half of the year, Kiev saw an unpresedented building boom. Since the sconomic collapse, most construction sites have gone quiet, causing a ripple effect in the economy. Most workers on construction sites came from villages and small towns for employment, today, they are left without any prospects of returning to work. One of the hardest hit countries of the financial meltdown, Ukrainians have seen factories close, their currency plunge against the dollar and a reduction in spending by an already strapped government. Most Ukrainians took out easy to secure credit for everything from computers to cars and apartments, but at high interest rates and usually in US dollars, many people could not afford to pay their already high monthly expenses, making an already beleagured government forced to take an emergency bailout loan from the IMF with strict guidelines. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • Kiev, Ukraine - November 29, 2008: In the first half of the year, Kiev saw an unpresedented building boom. Since the sconomic collapse, most construction sites have gone quiet, causing a ripple effect in the economy. Most workers on construction sites came from villages and small towns for employment, today, they are left without any prospects of returning to work. One of the hardest hit countries of the financial meltdown, Ukrainians have seen factories close, their currency plunge against the dollar and a reduction in spending by an already strapped government. Most Ukrainians took out easy to secure credit for everything from computers to cars and apartments, but at high interest rates and usually in US dollars, many people could not afford to pay their already high monthly expenses, making an already beleagured government forced to take an emergency bailout loan from the IMF with strict guidelines. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • Kiev, Ukraine - December 2, 2008: In the first half of the year, Kiev saw an unpresedented building boom. Since the sconomic collapse, most construction sites have gone quiet, causing a ripple effect in the economy. Most workers on construction sites came from villages and small towns for employment, today, they are left without any prospects of returning to work. One of the hardest hit countries of the financial meltdown, Ukrainians have seen factories close, their currency plunge against the dollar and a reduction in spending by an already strapped government. Most Ukrainians took out easy to secure credit for everything from computers to cars and apartments, but at high interest rates and usually in US dollars, many people could not afford to pay their already high monthly expenses, making an already beleagured government forced to take an emergency bailout loan from the IMF with strict guidelines. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • Kiev, Ukraine - November 28, 2008: In the first half of the year, Kiev saw an unpresedented building boom. Since the sconomic collapse, most construction sites have gone quiet, causing a ripple effect in the economy. Most workers on construction sites came from villages and small towns for employment, today, they are left without any prospects of returning to work. One of the hardest hit countries of the financial meltdown, Ukrainians have seen factories close, their currency plunge against the dollar and a reduction in spending by an already strapped government. Most Ukrainians took out easy to secure credit for everything from computers to cars and apartments, but at high interest rates and usually in US dollars, many people could not afford to pay their already high monthly expenses, making an already beleagured government forced to take an emergency bailout loan from the IMF with strict guidelines. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • Kiev, Ukraine - November 28, 2008: In the first half of the year, Kiev saw an unpresedented building boom. Since the sconomic collapse, most construction sites have gone quiet, causing a ripple effect in the economy. Most workers on construction sites came from villages and small towns for employment, today, they are left without any prospects of returning to work. One of the hardest hit countries of the financial meltdown, Ukrainians have seen factories close, their currency plunge against the dollar and a reduction in spending by an already strapped government. Most Ukrainians took out easy to secure credit for everything from computers to cars and apartments, but at high interest rates and usually in US dollars, many people could not afford to pay their already high monthly expenses, making an already beleagured government forced to take an emergency bailout loan from the IMF with strict guidelines. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • Kiev, Ukraine - November 28, 2008: In the first half of the year, Kiev saw an unpresedented building boom. Since the sconomic collapse, most construction sites have gone quiet, causing a ripple effect in the economy. Most workers on construction sites came from villages and small towns for employment, today, they are left without any prospects of returning to work. One of the hardest hit countries of the financial meltdown, Ukrainians have seen factories close, their currency plunge against the dollar and a reduction in spending by an already strapped government. Most Ukrainians took out easy to secure credit for everything from computers to cars and apartments, but at high interest rates and usually in US dollars, many people could not afford to pay their already high monthly expenses, making an already beleagured government forced to take an emergency bailout loan from the IMF with strict guidelines. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • Kiev, Ukraine - November 30, 2008: As the economy woes worsened in Ukraine, many small businesses responded simply by raising prices. On Kiev's hundreds of private bus routes, called marshrutkas, operators simply raised their prices, pinching Ukrainians even more. One of the hardest hit countries of the financial meltdown, Ukrainians have seen factories close, their currency plunge against the dollar and a reduction in spending by an already strapped government. Most Ukrainians took out easy to secure credit for everything from computers to cars and apartments, but at high interest rates and usually in US dollars, many people could not afford to pay their already high monthly expenses, making an already beleagured government forced to take an emergency bailout loan from the IMF with strict guidelines. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • Kiev, Ukraine - December 2, 2008: As the economy woes worsened in Ukraine, many small businesses responded simply by raising prices. On Kiev's hundreds of private bus routes, called marshrutkas, operators simply raised their prices, pinching Ukrainians even more. One of the hardest hit countries of the financial meltdown, Ukrainians have seen factories close, their currency plunge against the dollar and a reduction in spending by an already strapped government. Most Ukrainians took out easy to secure credit for everything from computers to cars and apartments, but at high interest rates and usually in US dollars, many people could not afford to pay their already high monthly expenses, making an already beleagured government forced to take an emergency bailout loan from the IMF with strict guidelines. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • Kiev, Ukraine - November 28, 2008: As the economy woes worsened in Ukraine, many small businesses responded simply by raising prices. On Kiev's hundreds of private bus routes, called marshrutkas, operators simply raised their prices, pinching Ukrainians even more. One of the hardest hit countries of the financial meltdown, Ukrainians have seen factories close, their currency plunge against the dollar and a reduction in spending by an already strapped government. Most Ukrainians took out easy to secure credit for everything from computers to cars and apartments, but at high interest rates and usually in US dollars, many people could not afford to pay their already high monthly expenses, making an already beleagured government forced to take an emergency bailout loan from the IMF with strict guidelines. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • Kiev, Ukraine - November 28, 2008: At one point, real estate was booming in Ukraine. Housing prices were so high that middle class people could not afford to buy, causing a collapse in the housing market but driving up demand for rental property. One of the hardest hit countries of the financial meltdown, Ukrainians have seen factories close, their currency plunge against the dollar and a reduction in spending by an already strapped government. Most Ukrainians took out easy to secure credit for everything from computers to cars and apartments, but at high interest rates and usually in US dollars, many people could not afford to pay their already high monthly expenses, making an already beleagured government forced to take an emergency bailout loan from the IMF with strict guidelines. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • Kiev, Ukraine - November 29, 2008: At one point, real estate was booming in Ukraine. Housing prices were so high that middle class people could not afford to buy, causing a collapse in the housing market but driving up demand for rental property. One of the hardest hit countries of the financial meltdown, Ukrainians have seen factories close, their currency plunge against the dollar and a reduction in spending by an already strapped government. Most Ukrainians took out easy to secure credit for everything from computers to cars and apartments, but at high interest rates and usually in US dollars, many people could not afford to pay their already high monthly expenses, making an already beleagured government forced to take an emergency bailout loan from the IMF with strict guidelines. By photographer Donald Weber
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  • Kiev, Ukraine - November 28, 2008: At one point, real estate was booming in Ukraine. Housing prices were so high that middle class people could not afford to buy, causing a collapse in the housing market but driving up demand for rental property. One of the hardest hit countries of the financial meltdown, Ukrainians have seen factories close, their currency plunge against the dollar and a reduction in spending by an already strapped government. Most Ukrainians took out easy to secure credit for everything from computers to cars and apartments, but at high interest rates and usually in US dollars, many people could not afford to pay their already high monthly expenses, making an already beleagured government forced to take an emergency bailout loan from the IMF with strict guidelines. By photographer Donald Weber
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