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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/23/w
Prime Minister Mykola Azarov of Ukraine told enraged opposition lawmakers on Friday that his government’s decision to walk away from far-reaching political and trade agreements with the European Union was based on fiscal imperatives, and ultimately prompted by the International Monetary Fund’s overly harsh terms for an aid package.
Tt is not clear exactly how much money Ukraine would need, but bankers and asset managers familiar with the distressed financial situation of the nation of 45 million suggest a standby facility between $10 and $15 billion may be necessary.
That would come with strict conditions which have already proved a stumbling block in a series of loan arrangements between the Fund and Ukraine. The last, $15-billion (9.3 billion pounds), agreement was suspended in early 2011 because Ukraine refused to remove subsidies on household gas supplies.
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The IMF mission in Ukraine on Thursday again called on the government to raise natural gas prices for domestic consumers and introduce a flexible exchange rate for the national currency - two long-standing demands it has made in continuing negotiations on an assistance package.
Prime Minister Mykola Azarov of Ukraine told enraged opposition lawmakers on Friday that his government’s decision to walk away from far-reaching political and trade agreements with the European Union was based on fiscal imperatives, and ultimately prompted by the International Monetary Fund’s overly harsh terms for an aid package.
Tt is not clear exactly how much money Ukraine would need, but bankers and asset managers familiar with the distressed financial situation of the nation of 45 million suggest a standby facility between $10 and $15 billion may be necessary.
That would come with strict conditions which have already proved a stumbling block in a series of loan arrangements between the Fund and Ukraine. The last, $15-billion (9.3 billion pounds), agreement was suspended in early 2011 because Ukraine refused to remove subsidies on household gas supplies.
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The IMF mission in Ukraine on Thursday again called on the government to raise natural gas prices for domestic consumers and introduce a flexible exchange rate for the national currency - two long-standing demands it has made in continuing negotiations on an assistance package.
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