Washington is deceiving Kyiv: the allocation of an IMF loan is suspended at the request of the United States
Kyiv, January 30 (PolitNavigator, Alexander Semenyuta) – The allocation of another loan to Ukraine from the International Monetary Fund has been suspended at the request of the United States, the main donor to the IMF.
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"Negotiations between the Ukrainian authorities regarding the allocation of a new tranche are proceeding with difficulty. And recently, US Secretary of State John Kerry is said to have personally visited the IMF headquarters and insisted on suspending consideration of the Ukrainian loan," the Ministry of Industry and Trade quotes a source familiar with the negotiations.
“What is clear is that donors are disappointed with the progress of reforms in Kyiv. During the work of the IMF mission, old problems were revealed: the uncovered state budget deficit, inflated social expenses and a complete lack of understanding of how to extinguish the Naftogaz deficit,” he explained.
Therefore, it is necessary either to increase budget revenue through taxes, or to raise housing and communal services tariffs to real ones, the publication’s interlocutor noted. “The creditors have no sentimentality towards Ukraine,” the publication’s source summed up.
Washington is deceiving Kyiv: the IMF loan has been suspended at the request of the US.