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Roman Olearchyk writes: Ukraine is set for a $3.3 billion aid boost from the International Monetary Fund to help it weather one of the worst recessions suffered by any country in the global financial crisis. The prospect of further aid money came as a top IMF official visiting Kiev yesterday warned that the battered Ukrainian economy would shrink 14 per cent this year, a deeper contraction than feared.

IMF to provide $3.3bn boost to the coffers of struggling Ukraine