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Western nations previously pressured the IMF to drop the idea of sending missions in 2022 and 2023. Now, the IMF is reengaging with Moscow. This decision is abig diplomatic win for the Kremlin, even if the IMF is acting as though it's business as usual 2/
— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) September 17, 2024
Managing director Kristalina Georgieva and the IMF leadership are detached from the brutal realities of the ongoing war. They are focused on a vision for a postwar order in which peace and stability prevail. 4/
— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) September 17, 2024
The IMF sees Russia’s war on Ukraine as irrelevant to its policy mandate. Yet the war can’t be ignored even if one insists on viewing economics in isolation from everything else: 6/
— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) September 17, 2024
The IMF's job is to promote global economic cooperation and stability, not to ensure the financial stability of an aggressor state. If it acts to boost Russia’s economy, the IMF will beadvancing Moscow’s ability to keep the war going 8/
— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) September 17, 2024
In its reports, the IMF prefers to avoid blaming Russia for the direct effects of its invasion: economic shocks in Europe, soaring food prices in Africa, and the suffering of millions of people. 10/
— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) September 17, 2024
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— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) September 17, 2024
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