Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Study says Russian, Ukrainian economic competitiveness droppedBy Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Published May 28, 2015 at 9:22 am A woman looks at packages of buckwheat on the shelves of a supermarket in St. Petersburg on Nov. 24, 2014. Photo by AFPAccording to a global ranking, Russia and Ukraine have seen their economic competitiveness plummet over the past year.Read more here