the 1st tranche of the international monetary Fund for Ukraine will be a significant part of the planned part of the list of activities support 17, $ 5 billion, said on his page on Twitter, the Minister of Finance of Ukraine Natalie Jaresko.

"The IMF says that the 1st payment, which will get Ukraine to achieve macroeconomic stabilization, will constitute a significant part of 17, 5 billion dollars," wrote Yaresko.


first Deputy Finance Minister of Ukraine Ihor Umansky said that Kyiv hopes that the volume of the first tranche of financial aid from the IMF under the enhanced program payment will be 10 billion dollars. Yaresko reported that Kiev hopes that the size of the first tranche under the new IMF loan program will be as large as possible.

the meeting of the Board of Directors of the IMF on assurances of the expanded programme of payment for Ukraine is scheduled for March eleven.

Ukraine is now in a severe political crisis, which affects its economy and the public sector, in fact the country is on the verge of default. The power, the hope to improve the situation of foreign borrowing. The IMF has opened for Ukraine's two-year loan program 17, 5 billion dollars. In total financing from the IMF and from other sources for four years could reach $ 40 billion.

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