Breadcrumb Home UI's Durnev comments on Ukraine's precarious economy Tuesday, February 25, 2014 Des Moines Register http://www.voanews.com/content/new-ukraine-leader-says-country-is-in-steep-econ… UI finance professor Art Durnev is a native of Russia and has closely followed the Ukrainian turmoil. He says that the Ukrainian economy is "a mess right now," due to government corruption.