Kiev’s proposal to pay off debt by extracting funds from Russia.
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MOSCOW, June 18 – Oleg Ustinko, economic adviser to Vladimir Zelensky, hopes that Ukraine will be able to pay off part of its public debt at the expense of the suspended Russian assets and the fact that the Kiev authorities will be able to “expropriate the Russian Federation.”
Earlier, the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, the head of the Committee on Fiscal Policy, Taxes and Customs, Daniil Gutmantsev, said that the Ukrainian public debt exceeded $124 billion, and in April it increased by $4.4 billion. Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has suggested that Ukraine’s public debt could rise to a record $173 billion by the end of the year.
“We’re not paying our loans now… Don’t forget that (Russian editor)… $350 billion in gold and forex reserves and $150 billion in their nomenclature money have been arrested, and we have debts at times, if not less Dozens of times. Part of it can be used. And Ukraine’s economy will grow (after the end of the conflict – Ed.), Investors will come, we will cover the debts with all-Ukrainian television, ”Ustenko said.
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According to him, after the end of the conflict in Ukraine, there will be a “conference of creditors,” at which it will be decided what will happen next with the country’s public debt.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine previously approved Vladimir Zelensky’s decree on the confiscation of Russia’s property and assets on Ukrainian territory, we are talking about 903 things, the proceeds will be used for the defense and restoration of Ukraine.
Western countries, after the start of the Russian Federation’s special operation in Ukraine, imposed a number of tough sanctions against Russia, including freezing about half of the country’s gold and foreign exchange reserves – about $ 300 billion.
Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called for freezing Russian assets in Europe with theft, noting that the European Union targets not only private funds, but also the assets of the Russian state.
