Acting finance minister Oksana Markarova tells Bloomberg in London that Ukraine is nearing a deal with the IMF to help resume its $17.5 billion bailout

Acting finance minister Oksana Markarova tells Bloomberg in London that Ukraine is nearing a deal with the IMF to help resume its $17.5 billion bailout. “On the budget and on the gas prices, we are having very constructive discussions, which I hope to end soon,” she says in an interview with Bloomberg Surveillance. “We are doing everything possible to do in the quickest possible time.” Timothy Ash writes: “Unlikely to see any movement now until September, at the earliest, given we are in holiday season.”