In the US budget for 2016 year laid $ 500 million to help Ukraine

The draft US federal budget for 2016 fiscal year, which is currently being discussed on Capitol Hill, laid the sum of $ 513,5 million, intended to support the Ukrainian government. This is stated in the budget report of the research service of the US Congress.

The text, in particular, identifies the 15 countries that receive the most assistance from the United States. The first three places are occupied by Israel ($ 3,1 billion), Afghanistan ($ 1,5 billion) and Egypt ($ 1,45 billion). Ukraine is in ninth place between Tanzania ($ 591 million) and Uganda ($ 459 million).

What will the money go

“The $513,5 million for Ukraine, which will primarily come from economic support funds, will support economic reforms, democracy promotion and anti-corruption efforts, as well as support an additional $1 billion in loan guarantees if available.” progress has been made on reforms proposed by the International Monetary Fund,” the report says.

Previously, such an amount was requested by the US State Department, however, according to the plan of the American foreign policy department, these funds were to be spent to “counteract” Russia.

In addition to Ukraine, the State Department also wants to sponsor Georgia ($ 77 million) and Moldova ($ 49 million).