Ukraine wants the International Monetary Fund to combine the expected third and fourth tranches of a $17 billion dollar bailout package for a total of around $2.2 billion, Interfax quoted Finance Minister Oleksander Shlapak as saying on Aug. 20.
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Reuters: Ukraine asks IMF to combine two aid tranches for total of $2.2 billion
A televison camerman films the logo of the International Monetary Fund at the organization's headquarters in Washington, DC, on May 16, 2011.
