Cutting Loose: Hungary pays off IMF debt, may eye EU exit

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Published on Aug 18, 2013 by RussiaToday

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Hungary is about to pay off its debt to the International Monetary Fund and then wants the creditor gone. The country was saved by Washington-based group with $25 bln loan five years ago but isn't renewing the aid in order to avoid closer scrutiny of its policies. Alexey Yaroshevsky looks at how Budapest is cutting loose.

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