Prickly relations with Russia and lagging reforms in Ukraine risk souring the mood for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development as it holds its annual meeting this week against a mostly cheerful background of quickening global growth.
Reuters: Russia set to play awkward guest at EBRD party
Suma Chakrabarti (L), head of of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman deliver a press conference after the Nuclear Safety Account Pledging Conference in Kyiv on April 25, 2016.