The leader of the faction "Batkivshchyna" in the Verkhovna Rada Yulia Tymoshenko considered a trap restructuring the external debt of Ukraine, saying that in reality " there is no debt relief doesn't happen."
"There is only restructuring and deferral. This restructuring is a trap for Ukraine ", - said Tymoshenko, reports news Agency.



in her expressions, " 20% of the 18 billion dollars of debt is written off, and 80% are significantly increased rate of interest "." So no debt cancellation no ", - said Tymoshenko. In the late summer of Ukraine agreed with creditors to write off 3, $ 6 billion bond debt totaling approximately $ 18 billion. Against this background, the international rating Agency Fitch downgraded the long-term chart Issuer default ratings of Ukraine to the level of " default inevitable." While Kiev has asked the Russian Federation " to accept the rules of writing off other creditors ". Also, the Ukrainian side said that the Russian Federation in case of disagreement with the terms of the debt restructuring of Ukraine may enter into individual dialogues. However, the Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov said that Moscow will not do it. For his part, the head of Ukrainian government Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that the Russian Federation must agree with the proposals Kiev to restructure the debt or to demand the return of money from those who took them.

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