Rada har givit Ukraina möjlighet att helt eller delvis sluta betala sina lån. Om så sker, så kan man undra vad IMF säger. Det ryska lånet från slutet av 2013 har starkt juridiskt skydd och kan tas till en internationell specialdomstol, enligt experter. Andra långivare kan reagera som de gjorde efter att Argentina gick i konkurs. De tog saken till en amerikansk domstol och fick rätt. Lagen kan vara ett försök att pressa långivarna att gå med på minskade lån.
Ukraine’s parliament approved the law granting the government the right to impose moratorium on foreign debts payments on Tuesday. The document presented by the Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk, was upheld by 256 MPs.
Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk said Ukraine was to pay $30 bln of foreign debt and $17 bln of domestic debt within four years. He added that the moratorium concerns only private creditors, holding the debt of Ukraine.
Russia expects Ukraine to pay back its debt on $3 bln euro-bonds in December 2015. Kiev regards its $3 bln Eurobonds held by Russia as a private loan and that is why it is subject to the moratorium.
http://tass.ru/en/economy/795659
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As for March, Kiev’s foreign debt rose by 8.3 percent, reaching 32.8 billion dollars. There are forecasts that Ukraine’s total debt will amount to 93 percent of GDP by the end of the year.
http://sputniknews.com/europe/20150519/1022335019.html
