Ukrainian Minister named the most corrupt country in the European Union
The Minister of economic development and trade of Ukraine aivaras Abromavicius called his most corrupt country in the European Union.
" Ukraine is the most corrupt country in the European Union, and we must deal with this, " said Abromavicius in an interview to the Agency, calling the Ministry of economic development of Ukraine " bureaucratic " monster ", which is necessary to dissolve or close.
for its part, the Minister of Finance of Ukraine Natalie Jaresko said in an interview to the Agency that Kiev wants to put the past behind and radical way to minimize the country's role in the economy ".
" we have no chance, it is necessary that We soon began to trust. We need the support of our international partners, " Jaresko said.
before the conversation edition Yaresko expressed hope that with the adoption of the budget and reform package this month she will be able to convince the IMF as soon as possible to pay your own regular loan in the amount of about 3 billion dollars Kiev can be used to calculate with Russia on gas.
Ukraine is currently hosted in severe political crisis, which affects its economy and the public sector, in fact the country is on the verge of default. The government predicts a decrease of the country's GDP by 5% in 2014, in November the Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk did not exclude the falling rate of 7%. The authorities want to improve the situation of foreign borrowing.
As informed before the log, the IMF has calculated that Ukraine needs additional fifteen billion dollars for one week to prevent financial collapse. The amount should complement blessed by the Fund before 17 billion dollars to stabilize the budget in terms of political and economic decline. the 1st tranche of the IMF loan at 3, $ 2 billion Kyiv received in may, and the second tranche in the amount of about 1, 4 billion in the early autumn.