KIEV, Dec. 19 – The index of Ukraine's investment attractiveness, calculated by the European Business Association, after growing in the third quarter to 2.39 points thanks to the government's confident rhetoric of European integration, in the fourth quarter fell to its lowest level in the history of its measurement - to 1.81.

"We for the first time recorded this anti-record. For us it is a unique situation, because even for two years in a row the index had been at a negative level but still above 2 – 2.39 to 2.26. But less than 2 - 1.81 - is a serious deterioration in business sentiment," EBA Executive Director Hanna Derevianko said at a press conference in Kiev.