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According to UNIAN correspondent in Russia, Medvedev said this while giving a speech at the Gaidar Forum in Moscow on Wednesday.

The Russian Prime Minister again said that Ukraine has violated some of the conditions of the loan.

"By the way, it is necessary to demand the strict fulfillment of [the conditions] of the loans, for which Russia has claims,” Medvedev said.

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“We have many such cases, the most prominent one is the $3 billion loan provided by our country to Kyiv. It is a state loan, without taking into account the huge commercial debt to the banks. 

"One of the conditions was restricting the level of public debt of Ukraine at 60% of its GDP. As of today, this condition has been violated, so regardless what Ukrainian leaders are saying, we have every reason to demand the early repayment of the loan - that means the fulfillment of contractual obligations.”

Medvedev claimed that in the budget adopted by Ukraine for the next year "we did not see the allocation of any funds" to repay [Ukraine’s] financial obligations to Russia, although the Ukrainian authorities have provisions for the repayment of debts to other creditors.”

"I would like to draw the attention of the Kyiv authorities and Russian Ministry of Finance to that fact,” Medvedev said.

“Let's face it, we do not want a default of Ukraine - on the contrary, we need a sound partner, given the difficulties that Ukraine is facing, but it is necessary to pay debts - public and commercial. So we have to make a decision on this matter in the near future."

As UNIAN reported earlier, on December 17, 2013 Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych struck a deal on allocation to Ukraine of loan worth $15 billion of Ukrainian sovereign bonds that Russia promised to buy. The first tranche of $3 billion was issued in late December 2013.

On October 17, 2014, Putin said that Russia may demand that the Ukrainian authorities repay the loan early.