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Medvedev says Russia has right to demand that Ukraine repay $3 billion debt early

By Interfax-Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev confer during a meeting of the State Council and the Presidential Council for Culture and Art at the Kremlin in Moscow on Dec. 24, 2014.
Photo by AFP PHOTO / RIA-NOVOSTI / DMITRY ASTAKHOV

MOSCOW - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev asked the Ukrainian government and the Russian Finance Ministry to bear in mind that Russia has grounds for demanding that Kyiv settle $3 billion in debt ahead of schedule.

“Whatever Ukrainian leadership is saying, we have grounds for demanding that [Ukraine] repay the debt early, that is, carry out its contractual obligations,” Medvedev said at the Gaidar Forum on Jan. 14.

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