RUSSIA EXPECTS THAT THE UKRAINE IN REALITY BECOMES YOUR INDEBTEDNESS
OPPOSITE RUSSIA ERASING








MOSCOW, 2 March.  / RIA "Nowosti" Korr. /.  Russia will be ready to
support the Ukraine in question of the restructuring of the Ukrainian
debts opposite that Paris club if Kiew will undertake real steps for
the solution of the problem of its indebtedness opposite Russia.  That
indicated the journalists the vice-prime minister and Minister of
Finance of the RF Alexej Kudrin.

To its words it goes primarily around the ratification of the "
zero-version " of the agreement over debts and active of the ex USSR
through the Ukrainian parliament.  Additionally Moscow counts on real
steps of the Ukraine with the solution of the problem of the debts for
Russian gas supplies.

The vice-prime minister reminded of the fact that the " zero-version "
of the agreement, which had been concluded by the republics of the
former union in the period of the decay of the USSR designates that
Russia takes all debts of the USSR and all active, inclusive property
abroad, on itself.  Most succession states of the USSR ratified
already the present agreement.  The last but one of it was Georgien
which ratified the present agreement in this February.  The Ukraine is
today the only country, which did not ratify the present agreement.

Kudrin underlined that with the solution of the question over
restructuring of the Ukrainian debts opposite that Paris club Russia
must assume its own interests.