Georgia’s economic success has been largely dependent on direct foreign investment, for which there is hardly any appetite today. Partner countries that are less integrated into the global market, such as Moldova, have seen the crisis arrive more slowly, but the real effect might be equally as bad, and they are likely to recover more slowly.
全球需求和贸易的急剧下降打击了乌克兰，严重破坏了该国的钢铁工业。格鲁吉亚的经济成就在很大程度上得益于直接外资，但今天直接外资已经没有了进一步投资的胃口。在与全球市场融合度较低的伙伴国，比如摩尔多瓦，危机的到来相对缓慢，但实际效果却可能同样糟糕，而且它们可能会更晚复苏。