11.11.2015, Strategic Culture Foundation
http://www.strategic-culture.org (Russia),
Фонд стратегической культуры http://www.fondsk.ru (Россия)
The $3-billion loan Russia provided to Ukraine
in December of 2013 will mature in a month and a half. Kiev has made the
decision to overlook what it owes to Russia. Such daring, or perhaps it should
be called audacity, can be explained by the fact that the Ukrainian government
senses that it has the support of Washington. And the US is even working to get
Kiev’s financial chicanery blessed by the IMF.
According to the National Bank of Ukraine, that
country’s international reserves now amount to about $13 billion. Kiev has the
ability to pay – just not the desire. But even if Kiev did not have that $13
billion, it could get the $3 billion it needs to pay Moscow, from that very
same IMF. As long as Ukraine is not in full-fledged default, the IMF can send
Kiev the next scheduled tranche of its bailout loan under the current agreement
that was signed in the spring of 2015. The fact that this option is not being
discussed shows once again that Washington is not looking for a simple
solution. It needs to muddy the waters as much as possible.
With manic energy, the US is mounting an
assault on the International Monetary Fund, demanding an urgent review of the rules
of lending, so that the altered rules will allow
