2015 Economic Crisis
Anders Aslund: Ukraine must not pay Russia back
Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk speaks at a joint press briefing with Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko in Kyiv on Oct. 15.
On Dec. 20, Ukraine is supposed to pay Russia $3 billion in return for a Eurobond that Russian President Vladimir Putin issued in December 2013. Ukraine has no reason to pay.