IMF experts: Ukraine is not able to pay Russia for a debt of $3 billion
The forecasts of the international monetary Fund (IMF) show that Ukraine is unable to pay Russia for debt at $ 3 billion until December.
As informs journal citing experts, the Ukrainian government wants to restructure debt in the amount of fifteen billion dollars in the past 4 years, what is included in the plan by the IMF, the destruction of the financial hole of Ukraine in the amount of 40 billion dollars.
Professor of law at Georgetown University Anna Gelpern (Anna Gelpern) calculated that " the IMF has already made the assumption that the debt to Russia will be included in the restructuring,". authorized the IMF said that " the Fund made no assumptions about specific measures, debt restructuring "." The Ukrainian authorities responsible for determining the amount and type of debts that will be included in the operation with the debt, " journal of the words of the messenger of the IMF.
total public and publicly guaranteed debt of Ukraine by the results 2014 reached 71% of GDP. The current total amount of public debt is about $ 50 billion.
The Minister of Finance of Ukraine Natalie Jaresko first stated that nourishes the hope that the past 2 months Ukraine will find a solution for sovereign debt restructuring, as well as among them on Eurobonds for a total of about 16 billion dollars. Of this amount, $ 3 billion In the current year Ukraine will have to pay Russia.
Ukraine appealed to Russia with a request to revise the term of the bond buyback, but agreed not to demand early payment, though, and had such a right, because the covenants referred to in the contract were violated.