Lagarde: the status of the Russian loan to Ukraine will determine the IMF Board of Directors
The status of the Ukrainian debt to Russia will determine the Board of Directors of the international monetary Fund (IMF), said the managing Director of the IMF Christine Lagarde in a joint briefing with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
about it informs 112. Ua. Poroshenko said that the Russian Federation has until the end of the year to Decide whether to participate in the restructuring of Ukrainian government debt. August 27, Ukraine agreed with creditors to write off 3, $ 6 billion bond debt totaling approximately $ 18 billion. Against this background, the international rating Agency Fitch downgraded the long-term chart Issuer default ratings of Ukraine to the level of " default inevitable." While Kiev has asked the Russian Federation " to accept the rules of writing off other creditors ". Also, the Ukrainian side said that the Russian Federation in case of disagreement with the terms of the debt restructuring of Ukraine may enter into individual dialogues. However, the Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov said that Moscow will not do it.