The West is to link the allocation of Kiev loan implementation of the " Minsk-2 ", said the official authorized Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, speaking at the European forum of young diplomats.




"See what the huge loans, the tranches transferred to Kiev, one of the listing conditions, it becomes progress in the battle against illegal activity of officials. Why this condition can not become the fulfillment of the Minsk agreements, the big question. It would be a very effective measure to increase Kiev's fulfillment of the Minsk agreements ", ? quotes its words news Agency. September 16, the third tranche from the international monetary Fund, $ 1 billion came to Ukraine. This step guaranteed the possibility of obtaining by Ukraine credit guarantees from North America and 600 million Euro loan from the EU and other financial support. 14 September, the IMF Board of Directors blessed the allocation of Ukraine tranche of 1 billion dollars. All IMF members, except Russia, voted for the allocation of aid to Kiev. The IMF provides assistance to Ukraine, despite the country's overdue sovereign debt to Russia for 3, 075 billion. IMF rules allow for the provision of assistance to the debtor countries only if they show good faith efforts to resolve the debt.

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