Russia is waiting for official response on the proposal to restructure debt of Ukraine and other parties, who were asked to become guarantors of the said Fins news press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

"The Russian proposition was formulated by President Putin. Accordingly, we are required to obtain the response of the Ukrainian side on readiness and response from those who proposed to become the guarantors of this restructuring scheme. Any other proposals the Russian side has not yet revealed, " said Sands, answering the question whether Russia to agree to the proposals, which first sounded on air of local TV channel the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

"Debt is sovereign, he is liable for payment, non-payment of this debt will constitute default situation ", - added Sands.

Yatsenyuk insisted that Kiev will not pay Russia $ 3 billion of debt and other restructuring terms, the Russian side will not receive. According to Yatsenyuk, the basic condition - reducing debt by 20%, transfer payments of all debts for four years. Otherwise, he said that Ukraine will impose a moratorium on the payment of the debt.

Ukraine on 13 November, completed the restructuring of the state debt, which affected the shares at fifteen billion dollars, of which $ 3 billion was written off.

The Russian Federation did not participate in the restructuring, because he believes Ukrainian Debt to a sovereign, and not commercial. However, Russia made a Proposal to restructure Ukraine's Debt at $ 3 billion, allowing it to repay 1 billion in 2016-2018, subject to the provision of guarantees on him from U.S. authorities or the EU, or one of the international financial institutions.

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