Ukraine stuck on an IMF dripfeed a year after Crimea seizure

By Anna Yukhananov WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In eight International Monetary Fund programs since independence in 1991, Ukraine has completed just one successfully. Ukraine's finance minister believes the IMF's money is "not forever", but over-optimistic economic assumptions and continued fighting in the east of the country will probably mean Ukraine will end up depending on foreign support given on its geopolitical significance, experts and former IMF officials said. The IMF, wh