On an IMF deal, a senior US diplomat told the US-Ukraine Business Council Thursday of his meeting last week in Washington with David Lipton, the IMF’s first deputy managing director:

On an IMF deal, a senior US diplomat told the US-Ukraine Business Council Thursday of his meeting last week in Washington with David Lipton, the IMF’s first deputy managing director: “He is eager to supply assistance. It is very important for Ukraine to move forward, but there are conditions.” The US official specified: “The IMF wants to know that the $15 billion that was stolen from the banks before is being tracked down and recovered. The IMF wants to be sure it will not happen again.”