Blue &Yellow: Politics and Economics in Ukraine

 This from a blog post by  Paul Krugman commenting on The Economist article calling Latvia a success story. 

And the other little things — the 17.5 percent fall in real GDP, the 23 percent unemployment rate? Minor details.
Actually, as Hugh points out, Latvia is still a long way from having brought prices and wages down to a competitive level. So it’s still faced with the prospect of years of grinding deflation and sky-high unemployment. But it’s a success!

Ukraine (15% GDP contraction) only did a a bit better than Latvia (17.5% contraction). So would Ukraine be considered a success story by The Economist?