MOSCOW, Nov. 20 - Ukraine should initiate talks on restructuring its debt to Russia itself, the Russian Finance Ministry said.

On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin, said that Russia is ready to restructure Ukraine's $3 billion in Eurobond debt with payment installments for three years ($1 billion in each year 2016-2018). Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that the decision should be made in the next three weeks.