Economics

Ukraine Turns to Blueprint That Transformed Ex-Communist Europe

  • IMF deal may be struck in September, top economic adviser says
  • President’s team wants land reform to be approved by year-end
Pedestrians walk past the independence monument on Independence Square, also known as Maidan, in Kiev, Ukraine.Photographer: Taylor Weidman/Bloomberg
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As some of the European Union‘s eastern members embrace more state-led economic models, Ukraine is turning to the playbook that helped rebuild the continent’s ex-communist wing back in the 1990s.