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#Ukraine: A crisis unfolds

Reserves: $20bn; Debt: $59.5bn, $35bn maturing before 2017

Franklin resources is willing to assume the risk: 

From Bloomberg, 

Franklin Boosted Ukraine Bet to $6 Billion as Selloff Began

Dec 4, 2013, 11:18:50 AM
Franklin Resources Inc.'s biggest funds ramped up their bet on Ukraine by more than $1.4 billion in the third quarter, adding to the asset manager's status as the country's largest international bondholder weeks before street protests deepened the worst rout in developing markets.
To read the entire article, go to http://bloom.bg/1hxAf4t

And more in this article on the search by Ukrainian officials for cash.

From Bloomberg, Ukraine Officials Scour Globe for Cash as Protests Build

Dec 4, 2013, 11:05:28 AM

Ukrainian officials are fanning out to Beijing, Moscow and Brussels to drum up economic backing as the largest protests in almost a decade persist back home over the failure to sign a European trade pact.
To read the entire article, go to http://bloom.bg/1eTO9Kz