Ukrainian media have published evidence Tymoshenko request to the Kremlin for a loan.

Continuing: Tymoshenko announced Russia's readiness to help Ukraine loan
KommentariiShef, everything was gone! 29.01.2009Yulii Tymoshenko reported near collapse of the Ukrainian ekonomikiInternet edition "Ukrainian Truth" on Feb. 7 issued a photocopy of a document which, according to journalists, confirmed that the delegation of the Ukrainian government is in Moscow secret negotiations with the Government of Russia of Kiev stabilization loan of five billion dollars.
The document entitled "Terms of Reference." There are a visa by the Acting First Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Yuriy Kostenko ( "agree"), Deputy Finance Minister Vladimir Litvin ( "approve"), as well as the signature of Olga Bashinskoy - Director of Finance of Ukraine debt.
The head of the delegation, according to published documents, the Deputy Minister of Finance of Ukraine Anatoliy Myarkovsky.
The goal of negotiation is a discussion of several issues, the first of which is "getting a loan from the Russian Federation to finance the state budget of 2009, as well as discussion of conditions.
In the list of the expected outcome of the negotiations says: "an agreement for a loan from the Russian Federation to finance the deficit budget of Ukraine in 2009."
Neither the government nor the Ministry of Finance nor the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine to the refutation of the authenticity of the document is not served. Comments on the alleged ongoing negotiations with the Ukrainians had been with the Russian side.
In doing so, "Ukrainian Pravda" reported that she was able to learn and the conditions of the loan, which suggested that Ukraine Russia: volume - up to five billion dollars, the rate of - no less than libor + 8-9 per cent, ie one which can be very Russia market borrowings. Loan term - five to seven years.
The publication also reported that sources in the environment, the Prime Minister confirmed that the Government is negotiating with foreign countries for Ukraine loan. And the number of these countries first reached 11, but then dropped to five.
Different people from the team of Yulia Tymoshenko are responsible for different areas of negotiation. Thus, the Prime Minister is working with Russia, and its first deputy Alexander Turchinov - with the UAE, where, incidentally, in the near future he intends to fly.
Recall that information about uchactii Ukrainian delegation in secret talks in Moscow, initially said one of the officials from President Viktor Yushchenko's entourage. Later publication of the "Mirror of the Week" has published a number of Russian delegation and the conditions of the loan.
After that, the press service of the government has denied the information about the conduct of the Russian capital of secret negotiations. This was a refutation of it is not clear whether the mere fact denied negotiate or that they were "secret."
The Ukrainian economy is experiencing a severe crisis. The government is extremely concerned that the budget for 2009, a large hole to patch that can only be through external borrowing, either by including the printing press and triggering hyperinflation.