Are considered the problems of economic convergence Ukraine to the European Economic Area. It has been suggested authors negative impact on the national economy do not so much economic or political factors and more - the nature of the latent factors that are destructive and deepen the economic and social shocks in Ukrainian society. Attention is focused on two issues: the oligarchy politicized and passive behavior of economic relations. Identify measures for solving these and other problems that hinder real economic convergence of Ukraine in the European region.