Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, speaking in an interview broadcast by Russian TV Rossiya on Saturday
He was commenting on a new Ukrainian law allowing a moratorium on foreign debt repayments
Threatened to take Ukraine to court if it fails to repay $3 billion that Russia lent it in 2013
Medvedev called the new law contradictory
"Probably they are talking about private debts, but at the same time they are hinting that they aren't prepared to pay off the debts of the (former Ukrainian president Viktor) Yanukovich government."
And, related to this: Russia links gas discount to Ukraine with debt repayments
- Russia's decision on an extension of a gas discount to Ukraine may take into account Ukraine's position on repayment of debts, Russian energy minister Alexander Novak said on Saturday according to comments cited in Russian news agencies.
