Check back often with us in the coming weeks as we begin to feature analysis and recommendations on a southern neighbor to Russia, Ukraine. Although much smaller than Russia, it still features a population and land mass that places it among the larger countries in Europe, and a place of great potential. It has great natural resources, but instead of oil think agricultural, machinery industries, tourism, and an exploding real estate and tourist industry-all without being a member of the EU, yet. All these factors are enhanced by having a firm and developing property laws protecting the investor.