The Ukranian Economic (War) Ventures -
With VP Joe Biden's son sitting in a cozy position at an energy firm that will reap huge rewards should the USA keep the Ukrane "safe for democratic interests," it would behoove anyone interested in this part of the world a look-see at what is transpiring there.
So far, the best source I have is the folks over at Naked Capitalism:
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2015/01/poroshenko-makes-battle-donetsk-airport-precondition-new-50-billion-bailout-ukrainians-repelled-battle-davos.html
From the article:
In December, William Murray, Lagarde’s spokesman, insisted that if Ukraine wanted extra money without conditions, it had to get it from “the donor community”. Lagarde and Poroshenko have now agreed to reopen “policy discussions” on who the donors might be.
Sources close to the IMF board in Washington reveal fresh dismay at the loss of Poroshenko’s power to meet the IMF’s loan conditions. The sources say this is indicated by Poroshenko’s appointment last week of Stepan Kubiv (right foreground). He is now in charge of promoting the IMF loan conditions through the Verkhovna Rada. Kubiv, whose controversial career as a banker in western Ukraine, was ended by
Polish banking authorities, headed the National Bank of Ukraine between the ouster of President Victor Yanukovich last February, and the election of Poroshenko at the end of May. Kubiv’s record can be read here. (Link at Naked Capitalism site.)
