Ukraine is the most corrupt country in the European Union, said the Ukrainian Minister of economic development and trade of aivaras Abromavicius.
" Ukraine is the most corrupt country in the European Union, and we must deal with this, " said Abromavicius in an interview with AFP, calling the Ministry of economic development of Ukraine " bureaucratic " monster ", which is necessary to dissolve or to close ", RIA " Novosti ". For its part, the Minister of Finance of Ukraine Natalie Jaresko said in an interview to the Agency that Kiev wants to put the past behind and radical way to minimize the country's role in the economy. " " we have no chance, it is necessary that We soon began to trust. We need the support of our international partners, " Jaresko said. Before the conversation edition of the wall Street Journal said he hoped 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 3 billion dollars Kiev can be used to calculate with Russia on gas. Ukraine is in a difficult political crisis that affects so not the best state of the economy and its budget. The national Bank of Ukraine did not exclude inflation to 19% in 2014. In addition, the lack of the capital budget of Ukraine has reached 3, UAH 2 billion (274 million). While the decline of Ukraine's GDP in the first six months of this year compared with the corresponding period of 2013 amounted to 3%. The IMF has calculated that Ukraine needs additional fifteen billion dollars for one week to prevent financial collapse. The amount should complement blessed by the Fund before 17 billion dollars to stabilize the budget in terms of political and economic decline. the 1st tranche of the IMF loan at 3, $ 2 billion Kyiv received in may, and the second tranche in the amount of about 1, $ 4 billion in early autumn.


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