Ukrainian governor calls for Russia to be barred from IMF funds

Senior Russian official at World Bank resigns in protest over invasion

Kyrylo Shevchenko
NBU governor Kyrylo Shevchenko
Photo: National Bank of Ukraine

Ukraine’s central bank governor called for Russia and Belarus to be suspended from using International Monetary Fund finance today (March 2), as a senior Russian official at the World Bank resigned his position in protest at the invasion of Ukraine.

National Bank of Ukraine governor Kyrylo Shevchenko said both countries should be barred from accessing their recently issued Special Drawing Rights and from attending this year’s spring meetings of economic policy-makers. Shevchenko also said the

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