KIEV, May 24 ??“ Ukraine has a considerable economic growth potential, which is higher than the Russian one, says Anders Aslund, a leading expert of the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics.

"In 1989, Ukraine's GDP per capita was 10% higher than in Russia. Today this indicator is only 34% of the Russian one ??“ that's absolutely abnormal. During 10 years Ukraine's GDP per capita should be not lower than in Russia," he said at the third annual investment conference organized by Dragon Capital in Kiev on Thursday.