MOSCOW, may 21 - RIA Novosti/Prime. Russia has not received official warnings from the Ukraine about the possibility of non-performance by it of payments under Eurobonds for $ 3 billion, bought by Russia, said the Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Anton Siluanov.

"No, that official warnings," Siluanov said in an interview to a TV channel.

Ukraine's Parliament on Tuesday passed a law allowing the government to suspend payments on restructured their external debt obligations, including Treasury Russia Eurobonds. Russia in the early winter of 2013 invested $ 3 billion from the national wealth Fund in Eurobonds Ukraine maturing in early winter 2015. Before Ukraine has redeemed two coupons on these shares is 75 million dollars each, the date of the regular coupon payments - 20th of June 2015.

Siluanov noticed that investing in NWF Eurobonds Ukraine is sovereign debt." And it's a completely different category than commercial debt, " he said.

The Minister said that further cooperation of Ukraine with the international monetary Fund (IMF) can only be subject to the fulfillment of obligations with respect to sovereign debt." if you are in violation of debt-servicing obligations, which we will see in June of the current year, or for the repayment of debt, no program with the Foundation is not possible implemented ", - showed Siluanov, pointing to the IMF articles of agreement.

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