WASHINGTON, Aug 4 - RIA Novosti/Prime. The IMF hopes that Ukraine until December will be able to reach a compromise with Russia on the Eurobonds for $ 3 billion - time enough, said the notary of the IMF in Ukraine Nikolay Gueorguiev.

Ukraine expects to restructure its own debt before the Russian Federation Eurobonds for $ 3 billion. Russia expects Ukraine in a timely manner (in December) will extinguish these Eurobonds from the funds, which will receive from the IMF.

"As you know, all the coupons on Russian Eurobonds were paid on time. Do we have enough time for negotiations on Ukrainian debt, including debts to Russia, " said Georgiev in the course of a telephone conference in the U.S. capital.

The December payments on $ 3 billion in the address of the Russian Federation - the largest for Ukraine In the current year. The overwhelming majority of experts believe that the Ukrainian government has no money for such large payments, for this reason, the default on this debt is very likely.

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