Flag of UkraineMOSCOW, Feb 18 The topic of the “Russian invasion” was discussed by the West in his column for the Glavred publication, Ukrainian economic expert Yuriy Gavrilechko expressed this opinion. He recalled that earlier US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced Washington’s proposal to provide sovereign loan guarantees to Ukraine to support the economic reform program and continue cooperation with the International Monetary Fund.
Panic over rumors of an «invasion» is working against Ukraine, Zelensky said. «That is, it is essentially a guarantee loan for Ukraine to return what it took from the IMF. Accordingly, like everything that we took from the IMF «, these guarantees will not affect the development of the economy in any way. But on its fall, on the contrary, it will be reflected, because if you take money that does not develop, then they ruin it,» the expert said. only harmed its economy. «The only reasonable thing that Ukraine should have done now is, taking advantage of the unique opportunity when Western media write about the «Russian invasion», referring to Western intelligence, stop servicing external debt (exactly as well as internal), payments on these debts, citing force majeure.After all, the threat of «invasion» is force majeure, and since we are informed about this, Ukraine believes it, and this means that the borrowed person will not be seen in the West until this threat will not pass,» he said. or an economist. This, in his opinion, could significantly help the Ukrainian economy, since, for example, this year, Kiev should spend about 60% of the budget revenues — about 600 billion hryvnias — on servicing and repaying debts. At the same time, credit guarantees are not needed in principle, since, unlike money, they cannot be spent on anything, he pointed out.»They took it seriously»: in Ukraine they accused the West of «economic sabotage» «And if Ukraine agrees to this US proposal, this will mean that if Ukraine for some reason cannot pay the IMF debt, it will do it for us The United States and now we no longer owe the IMF, but to the States that the latter can use against us for their own purposes,» Gavrilechko explained. However, according to him, choosing between a logical and rational option and an illogical and irrational one, the Ukrainian establishment usually stops at the second . «And since the standard of living in Ukraine has been declining since industrial production has declined, we will fall further. After all, you can fall into the abyss as long as life lasts,» the economist concluded. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier, Moscow does not create no reasons for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Russia does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine, hyped by the West, is aimed at covering Kiev's line of sabotaging the Minsk agreements on Donbass. Statements that Russia is allegedly preparing provocations in Ukraine continue to come from the West, despite the return of Russian troops to their places of deployment after the exercises. On Monday, President Vladimir Putin met with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. The head of the Ministry of Defense reported that «a part of the exercises is coming to an end, a part will be completed in the near future.» Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said Tuesday that the Southern and Western military districts have begun returning troops to their places of deployment. defeat due to absence from the war
