According to the Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov, Russia sees itself as the official lender of Ukraine, and has no plans either to restructure or to roll over its debt at $ 3 billion.
"in this case Russia is an official lender," said Siluanov correspondents, responding to a question about the status of the debt." We currently meet, without prematurely, but not ready to talk about restructuring or transfer, because we have a difficult situation. And, secondly, why We are obliged to consider the restructuring?", he added, reports RIA " Novosti ". Commissioner IMF William Murray on Thursday said that the Fund until not made a final decision on the status of the Russian loan to Ukraine to $ 3 billion - consider it a state or not. First, however, he acknowledged that Ukraine's debt in Eurobonds will be considered a debt. Along with this, March 17, Deputy head of the Ministry of Finance Sergey Storchak explained that the extended payment IMF of Ukraine provides for participation in the restructuring of the private sector." The IMF Board of Directors approved the document, where the narrative is about private sector involvement, participation in the restructuring of the private sector. We are the official sector, " he said. First of Siluanov also confirmed that Ukraine appealed to Moscow with a request for debt restructuring, but showed that " Russia is not ready to make installments and deferred as debt." For his part, the Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak said that Moscow took a tolerant attitude to Ukraine, despite the "break" of covenants breach of obligations, compliance with which he took on his own shoulders the borrower when taking out a loan) loan of $ 3 billion. Explaining the possibility of restructuring the debt of Ukraine at $ 3 billion, Storchak said that the IMF program the story is only about the debt to the private sector. The country's external debt is divided into the debt of the public sector (Public, official debt and private sector debt (private debt). State (official) External debt consists of external obligations of public authorities (including local authorities), as well As state-guaranteed external liabilities of the private sector. The private sector's External debt consists of liabilities to credit institutions and companies (corporate External debt). The debts of the private sector, for example, led to economic crisis in Greece.


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