Russia could really make things miserable for Ukraine soon. On Tuesday Russian president Vladimir Putin said that Ukraine should repay the $3 billion loan because Russia needs that money to fight the economic crisis that’s currently ravaging the nation, reports Bloomberg’s Anton Doroshev. Last week, Russia rolled out a $34.7 billion stimulus program, which focuses primarily on bailing out banks and big companies. This “anti-crisis” package aims to cushion the blow from the current economic crisis. And now Putin says that Russia’s Wellbeing Fund, including the debt due for repayment by Ukraine in December 2015, should be used for …read more
Source: Business Insider
