The Ministry of Finance is ready to consider risks to the budget of the Russian Federation, which can carry the debt of Ukraine to Russia, told reporters Deputy head of the Ministry Sergei Storchak.

"of course, will be affected," said Storchak, answering the question, will the consent of Ukraine on restructuring the debt to the Russian Budget. He said that the Russian Budget did not put the risks on the return of Ukraine's debt in the amount of $ 3 billion.

"The budget does not lay the risks, the Budget establishes payment schedules, and if they are, this means we simply must take into account. In the revenue budget not received very specific amount of money, it means we will substitute the subsequent borrowings ", - said the Deputy Minister of Finance.

on the first day of the week the head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin said that Russia is ready to restructure the debt of Ukraine at $ 3 billion, allowing it to repay 1 billion in 2016-2018, subject to safeguards it from the authorities of the United States or the EU, or one of the international financial institutions.

Russia at the end of 2013 bought at non-market conditions of the Eurobonds of Ukraine at $ 3 billion, with a contribution of part of the funds of the NWF. Under the terms of the debt must be repaid at the beginning of winter this year. In early October the Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Anton Siluanov said that the Russian Federation takes into account the payment of the debt of Ukraine in the volume of SWFs by 2016 and plans to invest these funds in projects in Russia, to motivate the growth of economic indicators. According to the draft budget for 2016, the volume of NWF for the year will reach 4 trillion rubles 67.

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