Ukraine expects first tranche of $3 billion from IMF aid package [View all]

[TomClash]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund and Ukraine are discussing disbursement of $3 billion in the first tranche of a $14-18 billion bailout package, Ukraine's finance minister said on Friday.

"They (the IMF) are ready today to talk about (disbursing) a first tranche of $3 billion, of which half will go to the National Bank and half to the state budget," the minister, Oleksander Shlapak, told journalists on the margins of a government meeting.


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/28/ukraine-crisis-imf-tranche-idUSL5N0MP2R820140328

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Note how the IMF is moving at warp speed. Naomi Klein says hello.