exports depend on energy and raw materials (Russia and Ukraine), net exports will contribute negatively to overall GDP growth … Russia, Kazakhstan and (to a lesser degree) Ukraine, an unpredictable slump in the world-market prices of, and demand for …

movements in the commodity prices. For Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine declining world market prices of energy carriers, steel … 2011 (Turkey, the three Baltic countries and Kazakhstan), growth will also slow down. Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine and Russia … Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine. In 2012, consumption growth will sag still more in most new EU member states and across the …

, Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan will grow by rates of up to 5%. The need to correct imbalances It is quite apparent that the …

accession may be postponed yet again; it is unclear what course future EU Russia relations will take. In Ukraine the slowdown in …

, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, and China). A short analysis of …, the robust growth in Russia may be a thing of the past. Already in 2004 investment growth was disappointing, reflecting …

still facing policy challenges and that adds to the volatility rather than sustainability of its growth prospects. Russia …

Macedonia), as well as in Belarus and Ukraine (Russia's GDP grew by 7% again). The transition economies have thus been one of … and 72% of imports represent intra-EU trade. Given the high (and rising) export surpluses of Russia and Ukraine - in both … addition, the enlarged EU will simultaneously have to clarify its relations with Russia. These challenging developments will …

Eastern Europe, Southeast Europe including Turkey, as well as Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and China. Separate chapters present …

thrown several years back - more than Russia and Ukraine. The most conspicuous response to the crisis was a radical depletion … rates - just as Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan will rebound more strongly …