The Russian leadership is surprised by the intention of Ukraine to demand from the Russian capital More than $ 1 trillion for Crimea and Donbas, said the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov.
"Crimea is a region of Russia. Donbass is the region of Ukraine. In addition, there are 1 trillion? It is not clear ", - Peskov said the news Agency.
first on Thursday, Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said That Kiev is ready to demand from the Russian capital of $ 1 trillion for Crimea and Donbas. Peskov also said That the position of the capital of Russia on restructuring debt of Ukraine has Not undergone changes: Kiev is obliged to fully and timely pay for liabilities." As for the public debt of Ukraine, here in the position of the Russian side, nothing has changed, " he said. 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. October 6, 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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