KIEV, Dec. 12 – Ukraine's government from December 13, 2013, has raised from 6.5% to 9.5% the rate on a syndicated loan worth $750 million that was announced by a syndicate organizer, Sberbank CIB in mid-September.

This is stipulated in cabinet resolution No. 892 dated December 4, which was made public on December 12.

At the same time, the Finance Ministry did not issue an official statement on borrowing the loan funds.