Ivan Zakharchenko. Agreed to cancel the debt payments to Russia for $ 3 billion in the deadline to December 21.
"We are ready for any options," Jaresko said in a statement released Tuesday interview.
first about the possibility of rejection of payment of a debt of Russia said the Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
Russia expressed readiness to restructure, allowing it to repay 1 billion in 2016-2018, subject to the provision of guarantees on him from U.S. authorities or the EU, or one of the international financial institutions. This year, Ukraine proposed to pay only the interest. However, according to Jaresko, " it is contrary to the norms of assistance from the IMF ".
As explained by the assistant head of the Ministry of Finance Svetlana Nikitina, Russia sent Ukraine offers debt restructuring: in international practice it is required to do a borrower who can't repay the loan on time. On 1 December, said Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak, such a proposal from Ukraine were received. However, Kiev, on the contrary, is waiting for a formal proposal for debt restructuring from Russia.
sections: Politics |