Tension is rising between Ukraine’s administration and the IMF over Ukraine’s anti-corruption failure.

Here’s an argument in the UBJ against the perception by some that Ukraine doesn’t need the IMF.

https://www.theubj.com/news/view/can-ukraine-survive-without-the-imf

Me? I’m torn. Ukraine definitely needs help fighting corruption, but I’m deeply suspicious of organizations like the IMF. There’s an argument to be made that international help stabilizes Ukraine’s existing regime that the corruption rackets they run.