The Board of Directors of the IMF blesed the allocation of Ukraine, 17, $ 5 billion
The Board of Directors of the international monetary Fund blesed four-year program of financial assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 17, 5 billion dollars, said the head of the IMF Christine Lagarde. Lagarde said that the truce in the Donbass in General observed, but its violation poses the risk of the loan. In her expressions, the Ukrainian authorities demonstrate a commitment to reform, RIA "news" referring to Bloomberg." This new report on the extension of the program for four years will support the stabilization of the Ukrainian economy and several serious and multifaceted political reforms, aimed at restoring sustainable growth in the medium term and improve the living conditions of the Ukrainian people " - quoted message Lagarde Agency France-Presse. First on Wednesday, Finance Minister of Ukraine Natalie Jaresko said that Kiev hopes to receive from the IMF $ 5 billion in the first tranche of the expanded programme of payment. Before that, Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that tranche of the international monetary Fund (IMF), which expects Ukraine, cannot be applied to social needs. Remember, February 12, IMF chief Christine Lagarde said that the international monetary Fund (IMF) and Kiev agreed on the allocation of Ukraine 17, $ 5 billion for a period of four years. According to Lagarde, financial aid Kiev depends on how you want to stabilize the situation in the East of Ukraine. International monetary Fund believes that the decline of the economy of Ukraine in 2015 will amount to 5, 5%. In addition, the IMF Experts believe that in 2015 Ukrainian exports will fall on the background of the overall deterioration in the trade. The IMF expects inflation in Ukraine in 2015 at the level of 2014, assuming a price increase of 25%. We emphasize that the increase in the prices of communal services in Ukraine is a direct consequence of the conditions of the issued country of the international monetary Fund. Thus, the national Commission for government regulation of the electricity market of Ukraine in the framework of the implementation of the Memorandum with the international monetary Fund raised the minimum tariff for gas for residents to 3600 UAH per 1 thousand Cubic meters (about 134 dollars) from 1 April.