Ukraine on the brink of ruin – Helsingborgs Dagblad

Private financial institutions refuse so far to write down loans and claims that Ukraine can afford to pay back the whole debt. Russia threatens their part to benefit the neighboring country before the International Court of Justice unless the next payment of $ 75 million will take place on 20 June.

The IMF, however, Ukraine’s rescue.

– For Ultimately restricted Ukraine’s repayment capacity of its tax base, says IMF chief Christine Lagarde. She rejects privatinstitutens idea that they’ll get paid out of foreign reserves because it would mean new liabilities for the country. $ 17.5 billion to the IMF loan, according to an agreement in March, but 15 billion will come from renegotiated loans – Depreciation, Kiev may determine.

Parallel with the call for further negotiations came Lagarde also a reassurance for Jatsenjuks government: Even if they cancel debt and go to “bankrupt” the IMF can continue to disburse emergency loans to the country, subject to a financial crunch.

Meanwhile, the fighting, and then they flared up again last week claimed 40 lives. The night of Friday blew up a major government-controlled railway northwest of the pro-Russian separatists mount Donetsk.

In a meeting Kiev says the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko to Russia soon teaches move from direct warfare to political divide Ukraine. On a visit to Kiev also directs the US UN Envoy Samantha Powell caustic criticism of Russia accused of “outright lies”.

In Moscow celebrated while Russia today. Two members of the group Pussy Riot were arrested for a manifestation while Putin praised the country for its progress and openness and said it will never let themselves be “reprogrammed” from their “patriotic ideals.”