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During his evening address, Volodymyr Zelensky said that the International Monetary Fund had allocated $1,4 billion in debt to Ukraine. He stated this during his video message. “Had negotiations with the Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristina Georgieva. Thanked for the allocation of $1,4 billion in additional support for our state. We discussed a new cooperation program and in general...
Ukraine wants to reach a $15-20 billion deal with the International Monetary Fund by the end of the year to shore up its war-torn economy. This was announced by the head of the National Bank of Ukraine Kirill Shevchenko, who was quoted by Reuters. According to the head of the NBU, Ukraine faces an economic decline of 35-45% in 2022 and a monthly budget deficit of $5 billion (50...
The economy of Moldova is bursting at the seams - there is only three to four months of money left in the budget. The recently elected president of the country, Maia Sandu, stated this on air on the RTR Moldova TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Sandu, who worked as an adviser to the executive director of the World Bank in Washington, emphasized that her country would not get out of the economic crisis without external financing. “We have a political crisis...
Alexander Lukashenko, having failed to agree with Russia on preferential supplies of energy resources in exchange for real integration within the framework of the Union Treaty, decided to prepare an appeal to the IMF in order to obtain a loan. Nezavisimaya Gazeta writes about this today, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the publication, a working group has been created in the Belarusian government, which will create a “road map for structural reforms”, and...
The international rating agency Fitch Ratings notes the high dependence of Ukraine's creditworthiness on the support of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and adds that the delay in resuming cooperation with the Fund is a source of uncertainty, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was reported in a press release from the agency on Monday. In general, Fitch has a positive assessment of the dynamics of the Ukrainian economy. “Increasing exchange rate flexibility and monetary policy focused on...
Petro Poroshenko said that Ukraine will not live only on tranches of the International Monetary Fund and other international financial organizations. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte He stated this while speaking at the National Reform Council. “Ukraine cannot and will not live only on tranches of the IMF, World Bank, and EU financial assistance. This help is...
The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, said that he and his colleagues are very impressed by the “successes” of the government of Vladimir Groysman. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte He stated this during a meeting with the Prime Minister of Ukraine. Among the “successes” of Ukraine, he named cooperation with the IMF and the recently received next tranche of the loan. “I want to congratulate you...
The West will no longer give loans to Ukraine, as it has realized that they do not lead to an improvement in the situation in the country, but are stolen by the authorities. This was stated on the NewsOne TV channel by Kyiv City Council member Dmitry Gordon, who actively supported Euromaidan. According to him, Ukraine has enough funds to survive without IMF tranches, but these funds also...
Ukraine cannot live permanently on international aid. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. Prime Minister of Ukraine Vladimir Groysman stated this during today's press conference in Kyiv. “It is very important for Ukraine to become an economically independent state; we cannot live constantly on the technical assistance tranche,” he said. At the same time, Groysman...
