“The Ukrainian economy is now heading for a big catastrophe.
A very strong budget crisis is imminent in Ukraine, Ukraine will have problems with paying salaries and pensions starting next year, ”Saakashvili said on the air of the Ukraine 24 TV channel.
According to him, there has not been such a crisis in the country since the 1990s, and an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will not help in a situation when the country “is heading towards the abyss with closed eyes”, and the government “seems to exist in a parallel world ".
“In practice, the government is not functioning ... They are talking about some successful reforms, the results of which have been felt by business,” Saakashvili said.
He also criticized the decision to quarantine the weekend, because of which, in his opinion, the country's economy could "burst".
Earlier, the co-chairman of the Ukrainian party "Opposition Platform - For Life" Yuriy Boyko accused Kiev of wanting to destroy Ukrainian business due to the imposition of weekend quarantine.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal commented on reports of the intention of the mayors of a number of Ukrainian cities to sabotage the weekend quarantine.