Russia’s foreign minister has called for the reform of global financial institutions and the more equitable distribution of aid Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has criticized the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank for what he described as a deeply unbalanced distribution of financial aid, citing data that shows Ukraine has received more support in recent years than the entire African continent. Speaking at the 17th BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Lavrov argued