US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen and other finance ministers and central bank governors walked out of a G20 meeting on Wednesday when Russian officials began addressing the gathering, people familiar with the events said.
Canadian Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland posted a picture of those who participated in the walkout on her Twitter account, showing Ukrainian Minister of Finance Serhiy Marchenko, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey, European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni and Dutch Minister of Finance Sigrid Kaag among those who took part.
This week’s meeting
The Board of Governors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has formally approved the application of Article 8.3 of the agreement on establishing the bank to stop Russia and Belarus from accessing the bank's resources, Artem Shevalev, a member of the bank's board of directors from Ukraine, said on Monday.
Ukrainian Minister of Finance Serhiy Marchenko denies any talks on debt restructuring and notes that state debt payments in March and April are feasible for Ukraine.