
The most interesting thing is that van Ruden, reflecting on Ukraine’s outstanding debt to Russia, called for "both sides to work on this issue."
Recall that Ukraine refuses to pay sovereign debt to Russia in the amount of 3 billions of dollars until Moscow writes off the 20% of this debt, and “breaks” the rest so that Ukraine will pay the debt for several years. The Russian leadership has repeatedly pointed out that it is ready to go for debt restructuring, but at the same time there can be no talk of writing off the 20% mentioned.
In the National Bank of Ukraine meanwhile declare that this year Kiev will not receive the next tranche from the IMF. According to the head of the NBU, Valeria Gontareva, who is quoted by the Ukrainian media, the tranche is expected “with a slight delay - in January-February of the 2017 of the year”. The realities of the Ukrainian economy are as follows: from the tranche to the tranche ...