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 The IMF has announced a $14-$18 billion bailout for Ukraine at the UN General Assembly, refusing to recognise Russia's annexation of the Crimea peninsula. The vital economic breakthrough on March 27 was reached just as Ukraine's presidential campaign heated up, with the announcement by opposition icon Yulia Tymoshenko that she would contest the race to replace the ousted pro-Russian regime that sent her to jail.

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