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The IMF Is Returning to Russia. No One Should Be Surprised.

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International Monetary Fund will become the first major international financial body to officially return to Russia since Putin ’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 .

An IMF delegation pledging to visit Moscow for meetings with senior Russian officials next month provides a false veneer of legitimacy for the Kremlin at a time when other multilateral organizations are correctly shunning Putin .

The IMF has inexplicably agreed to accept as the new Russian executive director a former Putin crony.

Kristalina Georgieva’s anti-U.S. , anti-Western , pro-authoritarian biases as managing director of the IMF have become too dangerous to be ignored.

The next administration must work with ready and willing European allies to overhaul the IMF 's leadership.

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75

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