IMF likely to finance Ukraine for the next two years: analyst International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde urged calm over Ukraine's economic situation on Friday after the country asked for at least $15 billion in financial aid. Oleksandr Zholud, an economist at the International Centre for Policy Studies in Kiev, says the IMF will most likely be the "chief source of external financing" for Ukraine in the next two years. Images and soundbites of an interview with an economist