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An agreement on increasing gas prices for the population was signed by the Ukrainian authorities with the IMF, but it is not translated from English so that as few people as possible know about the document. Verkhovna Rada deputy Igor Mosiychuk stated this on the NewsOne TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Our government, our president, the ruling coalition have handed over the country to external administration. Now published...
Instead of taking out a new loan from the IMF, it would be easier for Kyiv to pay off old debts. Economic and political expert Vsevolod Stepanyuk stated this on air on the NewsOne channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “In principle, if you look at this year, it would be possible to do without an IMF loan. The balance of payments was more or less balanced, and due to...
Ukraine finds itself in a situation where it needs to take out new loans every six months in order to pay off previous debts. Financial analyst and managing partner of the investment company Capital Times Eric Naiman spoke about this in an interview with the Kyiv online publication “Apostrophe”. The publication recalled that on October 26, the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance placed two issues of Eurobonds totaling two billion dollars. Wherein…
If 10 years ago the Ukrainian external debt was 89 billion, today it exceeds two trillion hryvnia. Former Minister of Finance of Ukraine, Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Viktor Pinzenyk stated this in an interview with the Kyiv online publication “Apostrophe”. “Next year the government will have to repay 417 billion hryvnia of debt, of which 145 billion is interest. These 145 billion hryvnia must be found on...
The current Ukrainian government must take upon itself the obligation to pay off debts under IMF loans, since it was they who increased Ukraine’s external debt by $10 billion. Economic expert Viktor Skarshevsky stated this on the NewsOne TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “IMF loans are like putting out a fire with gasoline. When Groysman says that this is not...
Ukraine is no longer able to change its previously assumed obligations under the agreement with the International Monetary Fund. This was stated by Prime Minister of Ukraine Vladimir Groysman on the ICTV channel. “The specifics of the negotiations with the IMF speak only of one thing. Anyone who has dealt with this can confirm this. You can only write it down once, then it’s impossible to cross it out, because they will...
As a result of cooperation with the IMF, Ukraine is only increasing its external debt, although the program seems to be designed to reduce it. Economist Viktor Skarshevsky stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Cooperation with the IMF is like putting out a fire with gasoline. What is the purpose of this program? Reduce the debt burden, reduce external debt. And over the past five years of cooperation...
In the near future, Ukrainian external debt will reach a record level of $80 billion. Rossiyskaya Gazeta writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “With the receipt of a billion euros of “macro-financial assistance” from the EU and a related loan from the IMF - we are talking about about 4 billion dollars for a period of one and a half years, Ukraine’s public debt - external and internal...
The increase in gas prices for the population, which the IMF requires from Ukraine in order to provide a loan, will create conditions under which people will be unable to pay at all. This opinion was expressed in a commentary to the Kyiv magazine “New Time” by the ex-president of the Association of Ukrainian Banks, Alexander Sugonyako, answering the question of whether it is possible to do without IMF loans. “If we continue to leave incompetents in power and continue the policy [of getting into debt],...
The Ukrainian national debt already amounts to more than 80% of GDP, and in the opposition camp we are increasingly hearing talk that the next government will refuse to repay the loans accrued by its predecessors. Political scientist Ruslan Bortnik stated this on the UkrLife Internet channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the expert, the volume of debt obligations that Ukraine has is no longer possible to return. "Many politicians...
The IMF's demand for the Ukrainian authorities to raise the price of gas for the population is driving Kyiv into a trap. The Izvestia newspaper writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. It is noted that Kyiv officials confirm that tariffs for the population will increase, but it is not yet clear by how much. “Given the speed of devaluation and growth of commercial prices, it is possible that it will double at once. And here’s the thing...
The agreements signed by Ukraine under Finance Minister Natalya Yaresko on the restructuring of Ukrainian foreign debts need to be reviewed. Ukrainian political expert Vsevolod Stepanyuk said this on air on the NewsOne channel, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “If the government changes radically, then it will be necessary not only to reconsider cooperation with the IMF, but also the obligations that US citizen Yaresko issued to international investors...
The West will not allow Ukraine to completely drown and will keep the country’s economy afloat with more and more loans. Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Konstantin Grishchenko said this on air on TV channel 112, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent. According to him, this policy is explained by the fact that the European Union does not need ruins on its borders. “Of course, a lot has been invested in Ukraine...
The economic policy of the Ukrainian authorities has led to the fact that the country has actually become bankrupt and is borrowing money even to pay pensions. Former Minister of Economy Viktor Suslov stated this on the NewsOne TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the economist, in August the government will still be able to pay pensions thanks to loans, but what will happen next is unknown. "Our economic...
