Ukraine is unlikely to receive a second tranche of a $17-billion (R186 billion) loan programme from the International Monetary Fund this year as expected, Finance Minister Oleksander Shlapak said. |||
Kiev – Ukraine is unlikely to receive a second tranche of a $17-billion (R186 billion) loan programme from the International Monetary Fund this year as expected, Finance Minister Oleksander Shlapak said on Tuesday, in the latest economic blow to the debt-ridden country.
Ukraine, which has been fighting pro-Russian separatists in its east and struggling to resolve a months-long gas pricing dispute with Moscow, badly needs cash to …read more
Source: Independent Online
