The Minister of Finance of Ukraine Natalie Jaresko nourishes the hope of highlighting international monetary Fund in early January, another loan in 3 billion dollars Kiev can be used to calculate with Russia on gas.

This message Yaresko made in an interview to the edition of the wall Street Journal.

As they say in the conversation, Yaresko nourishes the hope that, subject to adoption of the budget and reform package this month she will be able to convince the IMF as soon as possible to pay your own regular loan in the amount of about us $ 3 billion.

" Based on what we have to catch early in the winter, I dream of it at the beginning of January, " she said. Yaresko also said that the Ukrainian government conducts dialogues with Russia on prolongation of maturity.

Russian gas supplies to Ukraine were completed from mid-June because of the billions of dollars of debt Kiev. The issue with winter gas supplies from Russia (for the period from November 2014 to March 2015) was resolved on October 31. Consensus on winter gas plan provide for the repayment of Ukraine's debt in 3, $ 1 billion before the end of the current year and the purchase of additional volumes of gas from Russia for the winter on a prepaid basis." Naftogaz " November 4, transferred to Gazprom 1, 45 billion dollars in debt repayment.

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