Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has warned that his country will adopt a tough stance should Ukraine fail to repay its debts to Moscow after Kiev’s parliament authorized the government to suspend foreign debt payments.
Russia’s TASS news agency reported on Friday, Medvedev slammed the Ukrainian parliament’s decision as “highly contradictory,” saying “We will take the toughest position in this case and will defend our national interests.”
Earlier this week, Ukraine’s legislature passed a bill granting the government the right to suspend foreign debt payments, including the $3-billion-dollar loan it received from Moscow back in 2013 months before the ouster of …read more
Source: Iran English Radio
