Ukraine's state debt grows to $72 bln in 1Q 2017

REUTERS

The debt in the hryvnia equivalent over the period under review increased by UAH 22.04 billion, or 1.1%, to UAH 1.952 trillion.

Read alsoDeficit of Ukraine's budget shrinks by almost 8% in Q1 2017As UNIAN reported earlier, the total amount of Ukraine's state and government-guaranteed debt in 2016 increased by 8.3%, to $70.97 billion, while in the hryvnia equivalent, it grew by 22.7%, to UAH 1.930 trillion.

Ukraine's national budget for 2017 forecasts the state and government-guaranteed debt at UAH 2.296 trillion at year-end.