RUSSIA ESPERE WHICH THE UKRAINE WILL REFUND INDEED SA DEBT WITH
RESPECT TO RUSSIA








MOSCOW, March 2.  (Corr. Ria " Novosti ").  Russia is disposee has to
support the Ukraine with regard to reechelonnement of its debt with
respect to the Club of Paris but provided that Kiev take measures in
order to refund what it owes has Moscow.  It is what the Russian
Minister for Finances Alexei Koudrine has advertisement with the
journalists.

According to him, it is necessary first of all that the Parliament
ukrainien ratifies the "option zero " agreement concerning the debt
and the credits of the ex-URSS.  In addition, Moscow waits of the
Ukraine until it takes concrete measures and regle the " Russian gas
note " which it A consumes.

The Deputy Prime Minister has rappele that under the terms of the
"option zero " of the agreement on the debt and the credits of the
ex-URSS, which had ete concluded by the republics from the old
Sovietique Union when this one was desintegree, Russia assumes the
whole of the debt of the USSR and takes possession of all the credits
of this derniere, including his goods has the foreigner.

The majority of the countries of the ex-URSS have already ratifies
this agreement, before last A to do it has ete Georgie last February.
  To date, the Ukraine is the only country has not to have ratifies
the agreement.

Alexei Koudrine A stresses that while contributing to the payment of
the problem of the reorganization of the debt ukrainienne with respect
to the Club of Paris, Russia owes well obviously defendre its
interests.