MOSCOW, Aug. 31 - Ukraine, which announced on Thursday that it had reached agreement with creditors on the parameters of an external debt restructuring, was counting on Russia to agree to a writedown on the $3 billion in Ukrainian eurobonds it holds.
But the Russian authorities are categorically opposed, insisting that the debt is an official, not a commercial, one.
If the differences over the status of the eurobonds, which Russia purchased from Ukraine almost two years ago, are not settled, the debtor and creditor may have to continue their dispute in court, analysts said.
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