DISINFO: "Looking for cheap slaves." IMF 'kills' the Ukrainian economy
SUMMARY
Why did we have to pledge medicine, people’s pensions, what have financial organisations to do with it? The answer is very simple: conquerors came to us, those who, under the guise of aid, killed the Ukrainian economy… The International Monetary Fund needs us like a cash cow – to take the land, destroy the industry, it needs cheaply developed slaves.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative alleging that Ukraine is controlled by the IMF.
There is no evidence that cooperation with the IMF could threaten the Ukrainian economy. On the contrary, IMF assistance helps to develop the Ukrainian economy.
Ukraine has been a member of the IMF and World Bank since 3 September 1992. Relations between Ukraine and the IMF are based on agreements that support the economic development of Ukraine and the improvement of the free market conditions.
Ukraine is a sovereign and independent state with a democratically-elected President and parliament. Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity are respected by almost the whole world.
See similar disinformation cases: that Ukraine needs a war in Donbas to receive financial aid from the IMF, that Kyiv agrees to carry out the genocide of Ukrainian citizens in exchange for IMF loans, or that the Memorandum with IMF is putting Ukraine under external control.