KIEV, Feb. 13 – The lingering political opposition in Ukraine has affected the investment climate, and even if the crisis ends soon the inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Ukraine at best could halve in 2014 compared to 2013, to $2 billion.

The managing director of SigmaBleyzer international investment company (Kiev), part of SigmaBleyzer LLC international group of companies (the United States), Oleh Ustenko, voiced the forecast, when presenting the results of the annual survey "Index of Economic Freedom 2014" in Kiev.