Cynics privately add that hyperinflation may not be such a bad thing after all, because it would force local politicians to reform. But that ignores history: Ukraine suffered hyperinflation in the 1990s, only to elect governments headed by President Leonid Kuchma, whose misrule incited the Orange Revolution in 2004, and President Viktor Yanukovych, who was overthrown in February 2014.
欧盟和德国政府中的怀疑派承认乌克兰困境的紧迫性，但他们担心，如果没有全面改革，援助资金会打水漂。犬儒主义者还夹带私货，指出恶性通胀也许并不那么糟糕，因为它将迫使地方政客实施改革。但这是对历史的无视：20世纪90年代乌克兰层经历过恶性通胀，结果是以总统库奇马（Leonid Kuchma）和亚努科维奇（Viktor Yanukovych）为首的政府的当选。库奇马的暴政导致了2004年的橙色革命，亚努科维奇则在2014年2月被推翻。