Ukraine, Russia informally requested $ 5 billion.

KommentariiShef, everything was gone! 29.01.2009Yulii Tymoshenko reported near collapse of the Ukrainian ekonomikiMaly SEV05.02.2009Rossiya allies will provide loans of up to 12 billion dollarovUkraina actually asked for a loan from Russia for 5 billion dollars, informs in an official press release of the Ministry of Finance. This official treatment of the Ukrainian authorities have not yet received any government in Russia, nor in the Ministry of Finance.
In the Russian Finance Ministry said that Moscow held consultations with representatives of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, which were held at the request of the Ukrainian side. At the meeting, Ukrainian officials have asked their Russian colleagues "to evaluate the possibility of granting Russia a loan" to cover the budget deficit in Ukraine. In response, the Russian Ministry of Finance asked the Kiev additional information on the status of the Ukrainian economy.
Earlier, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said that Moscow is ready to give Kiev a stabilization loan, while not stating under what conditions, Russia is ready to do so. Tymoshenko also noted that sent letters to the Governments of the United States, Japan, China and the EU to help Ukraine in providing loans.
At the same time, Ukrainian media reported that Russia insists on entering into an agreement with Ukraine, which Kiev denial of claims on foreign ownership of the Soviet Union in exchange for the payment of Russia's external debt USSR. Tymoshenko claims that Moscow has no additional conditions put forward.
The press service of President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko called the visit of the delegation of the Government of Ukraine to Russia "secretive", noting that the issue of credit being addressed Tymoshenko's government in violation of established legal norms and the "obvious signs of corruption." In doing so, the Secretariat of Yushchenko assumed that the loan in Moscow may lead to a situation in which under pressure from Russia Ukraine will lose control over its transmission system.
According to the budget of Ukraine, the country's revenues in 2009 amount to 31.2 billion dollars, while expenses - 34.9 billion dollars. Earlier in the Ukrainian press note, attributed to the Minister of Finance of Ukraine Viktor Pynzenyk, which stated that the economy is on the verge of collapse due to the unrealistic budget for 2009 and the lack of sources of funding shortfalls.
It should be noted that in 2008 Ukraine had already obtained a loan of IMF to 16.5 billion dollars. Kiev has already received the first tranche of the loan. In doing so, as a condition of granting the IMF demanded that the Ukrainian budget in 2009 was strengthened.
C the beginning of 2009, Russia has already allocated credits Kyrgyzstan (2 billion dollars), Belarus (2 billion) and Azerbaijan ($ 500 million).