CEE Financial Markets under Pressure as Riots Continue in Ukraine

Politics ♦ Published: February 21, 2014; 16:10 ♦ (Vindobona)

CEE markets under pressure as Ukraine violence heats up. Biggest direct risk to Polish Zloty, but also to Hungarian Forint and Romanian Leu.

CEE Financial Markets under Pressure as Riots Continue in Ukraine / Picture: © Vindobona.org

It has been a terrible week for Ukraine as demonstrations this week have turned violent with large numbers of both demonstrators and police being killed. This morning events have taken an even more deadly turn after shooting broke out in central Kiev and there are media reports of a number of deaths. This comes after both the government and the opposition late yesterday night had…