As Ukraine prepares for the annual IMF/World Bank meetings this weekend, its delegates will be acutely aware that the central topic they will be pressed on in Washington is the future of the reform process in their country. This is because Ukraine continues to send mixed signals, when clarity is needed more than ever.
Only days after the IMF approved the third tranche of its support package for Ukraine on Sept. 14 came a government move to take control of Ukrtransgaz, the company that runs the gas transit infrastructure that takes Russian gas across Ukraine to Europe, away from its parent Naftogaz and place it under the direct control of the economy ministry.
