Ukraine’s currency fell to a five-year low on Wednesday as the US, EU and international lenders scrambled to find ways to stabilise the economy if the country resolves its two-month-old political crisis.
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: A anti-government protester receives food from a comrade in Independence Square in Kiev on February 5, 2014.Ukraine's parliament will try again on February 5 to agree on curbing the presidency's powers, while the EU's foreign policy chief meets embattled President Viktor Yanukovych to press for a resolution of the political crisis. The crisis has sparked tensions between the West, which is considering sanctions against Ukrainian officials, and Russia, which has accused the EU and US of interference in the former Soviet republic. AFP PHOTO / Angelos Tzortzinis
