Ukraine cannot have conversations with lenders all summer, said the Minister of Finance Natalia Jaresko.
"I don't think we have so much time. In this regard, I will be forced to use other tools to reduce pressure on the balance of payments, a moratorium, "said Jaresko in response to a question about whether have possibility dialogues about debt to last until the autumn, RIA "news" referring to Reuters.



on Sunday, the ad hoc Committee of creditors and Commissioners of the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance in the course of a telephone conversation are unable to reach agreement on debt restructuring. On may 19, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the law that will give the ability to suspend payments on restructured debt. The Russian President Vladimir Putin called the decision of Kiev weird. In his vision, the Declaration on the fact of default suggests a low level of professionalism. Also, according to Putin, Russian banks have loan portfolios to Ukraine in the amount of 24-25 billion. Prime Minister Medvedev D. A. Also explained the actions of the Rada. According to him, this decision is truly a Declaration of default at the same time with the Declaration of force majeure on debt. For its part, the Finance Minister of Russia Anton Siluanov said that Moscow will turn to international court if the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko will sign the law on the moratorium on the payment of foreign debts.

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