13/09/2024 (Agence Europe) – On Friday 13 September in Budapest, Hungary’s Finance Minister Mihály Varga confirmed that several European Union countries - including the Baltic states and the Nordic countries - had criticised the IMF’s decision to resume discussions with the Russian authorities on the economic situation in Russia, after 2 years of suspended cooperation. The IMF’s Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, explained that the international financial organisation obeyed...