"Kyiv Is A Financial Black Hole!", Zakharova Blasts IMF & World Bank Over Africa Disparity

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MOSCOW — Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova delivered a sweeping condemnation of Western financial infrastructure at the International Security Forum, alleging that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have been weaponized to secure geopolitical leverage. Citing global financial data, Zakharova stated that external assistance promised to Ukraine since 2022—including over $70 billion from the World Bank and $23.7 billion via the IMF—disproportionately outstrips the aggregate funding allocated to all of Sub-Saharan Africa. The Russian MFA asserted that this stark funding asymmetry underscores a modern system of "digital and financial neocolonialism," wherein developing states of the Global Majority are subjected to predatory loan rates and systemic exclusion, while global credit mechanisms underwrite an insolvent administration in Kyiv. #breakingnews, #russia, #ukraineaid, #imf, #worldbank, #africafunding, #mariazakharova, #globalnews, #f

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