Siluanov told the IMF to Kiev to freeze the pay Russia $3 billion
Russia will put the question to the IMF in repayment of Ukraine's obligations to Russia as an official lender, said the Head of the Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov.
"(The meeting in Peru - ed.) with the Minister of Finance of Ukraine, just a couple of words I Wish to say in regard to the meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart.(I - ed.) stated about the fact that the debt that Ukraine has to Russia is official and cannot be considered as a commercial debt, the dialogues which are underway with the leadership of Ukraine, " - said Siluanov at the meeting of the President of the Russian Federation with the government.
Speaking about what actions the Russian side have the opportunity to follow on Ukraine when collectability of the debt, Siluanov recalled that the Russian Federation may apply to the arbitration.
"We will also put the question of the solvency of the programs to the IMF, as the Fund's program, as demonstrated by the previous experience of similar programs, shall provide for the repayment of obligations to official creditors. In this case, Russia is an official creditor, " - said Siluanov.
according to him, colleagues from the IMF, in conversation with him revealed that they are preparing changes of that order." Citing the fact that preparing the total change of approaches in order you do not include all of the obligations of sovereign countries to official creditors in the volume programs, the volume of payment support from the IMF. Understandable, because this is done only in the current situation to freeze payments to Russia ", - said Siluanov.
The head of the Ministry of economic development Alexei Ulyukayev before admitted the possibility that Ukraine will not repay in early winter debt to Russia in $ 3 billion. Ukraine in September launched a legal procedure for the restructuring of its public debt. The government of Ukraine included in the perimeter of restructuring and Treasury of the Russian Federation Eurobonds for $ 3 billion. In Kyiv they are considered commercial, and not public credit. The Russian Federation repeatedly stating the position that to participate in this restructuring has no plans and will demand full repayment by Ukraine of Eurobonds.