For 2017 year. Ukraine's national debt increased by $ 6 billion and reached the level of $ 77 billion. Thus, the debt increase amounted to 85% of GDP. But in fact back in 2013. this figure was 40%, notes Eurasia Daily. In other words, the "team of European professionals", which took up the economy of the Nezalezhnaya three years ago, brought it to the point of no return. Already, servicing the national debt is the largest expenditure item in the budget. Next will only get worse. In 2017 year. Kiev got a click on the nose from the EU and the IMF. He expected $ 600 million from them within the framework of the European macro-financial assistance program and $ 1.7 billion from the IMF. But received only $ 1 billion in the spring, the remaining tranches are blocked because of Ukraine's failure to fulfill a whole list of obligations imposed on it by the Western financial authorities. But you have to pay for debts. In particular, only the IMF Kiev in 2017. returned $ 1.3 billion. In general, according to preliminary estimates, in 2018. to service the country's debts will take a third of the revenue side of the budget - $ 10.8 billion. And this is without taking into account the three-billion-dollar debt to Russia, which Kyiv refused to pay in 2015. , but with which it will not be possible to drag too long: the loan was conducted through the Irish stock exchange, it was issued under British law, the IMF recognized it as sovereign. So sooner or later, and London arbitration will force Kiev to repay Moscow. Left without infusions from the IMF, the authorities of the Nezalezhny came up with where to take the money. In addition to its printing press, which works non-stop and drives inflation, they placed bonds on the open Eurobond market. However, due to the low credit rating of the country for 15-year bonds had to set an unusually high percentage - 7.375%. Analysts quickly calculated that the fee for servicing these eurobonds at maturity will exceed the body of debt. Meanwhile, the money obtained for these bonds in the treasury of the Nezalezhnaya is no longer there - they went to pay off various state bargains. To summarize, we note that Ukraine from 2018 to 2022.

should give within the limits of debt payments $ 64.2 billion, including $ 35.5 billion on internal and $ 28.7 billion on external debt. And plus 3 billion with interest - a debt to Russia.

There is no money in the treasury and is not expected. Although, according to the Ukrainian magazine Novoye Vremya, the overall state of the top 100 richest Ukrainians in 2017. increased by 33%. It is clear that they themselves will not save the economy of the country. But the Saudi prince found the mechanism of pressure on his subjects-moneybags. So there are options.