Russia will put the question to the IMF in repayment of Ukraine's obligations to Russia as an official lender, said the head of the Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov at the meeting of RF President Vladimir Putin with the government.
"(The meeting in Peru) with the Minister of Finance of Ukraine, just a couple of words I Wish to say in regard to the meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart.(I) stated about the fact that the debt that Ukraine has to Russia is official and cannot be considered as a commercial debt, the dialogues which are underway with the leadership of Ukraine", - has said Siluanov, RIA " Novosti ".
Speaking about what actions the Russian side have the opportunity to follow on Ukraine when collectability of the debt, Siluanov has reminded that the Russian Federation may apply to the arbitration." We also will put the question of the solvency of the programs to the IMF, as the Fund's program, as demonstrated by the previous experience of similar programs, shall provide for the repayment of obligations to official creditors. In this case, Russia is an official lender ", ? Siluanov said. According to him, colleagues from the IMF, in conversation with him revealed that they are preparing changes of that order." Citing the fact that preparing the total change of approaches in order you do not include all of the obligations of sovereign countries to official creditors in the volume programs, the volume of payment support from the IMF. Understandable, because this is done only in the current situation, to suspend payments to Russia ", - has said Siluanov. Before the first day of the week the Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Finance Minister Anton Siluanov to discuss with the IMF providing Ukraine with additional assistance in $ 3 billion for debt payments Moscow. On 10 October, following the meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Natalie Jaresko on the sidelines of the summit "the financial twenty" in Lima (Peru) the head of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation Anton Siluanov said that the parties have not reached agreement on the restructuring of debt in 3 billion dollars. Before that, Siluanov has threatened Ukraine to court if you do not agree to pay the debt. According to Siluanov, the Ministry of Finance considers the payment of debt of Ukraine in the volume of SWFs by 2016 and plans to invest these funds in projects in Russia. On 6 October the head of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine Natalie Jaresko said that Ukraine has hopes that the international monetary Fund will continue to provide assistance to Kiev in the event of default on the debt Moscow, in spite of the IMF, prohibiting loans to countries that fail to settle debt to sovereign creditors. So Jaresko acknowledged that the Russian Federation is a sovereign holder of the debt, and not private, as before repeatedly stated the Ukrainian authorities.

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