The Financial Times Thinks Ukraine's Financial Meltdown Has Arrived

``"Selling dollars? I'll give you more, I'll give you 18," said one man outside a foreign exchange booth offering 15.50 Ukrainian hryvnia to the US currency. The re-emergence of shadow traders last seen after the Soviet Union collapsed is a sign that -- a year after the Kiev protests in which 100 people died in the hope of securing a prosperous, European future -- the war-torn country is sliding once again into a financial crisis.'' -- See also Pensioners storm banks, sue president as economic blockade enforced on E.Ukraine.