Ukraine: But Russia involvement this time is injecting an extra frisson: accused of supporting an anti-Kiev insurgency, Moscow is also a prominent creditor potentially capable of derailing the plan, according to The Moscow Times. Another prominent player is Franklin Templeton, one of the world biggest asset managers, whose star investor, Michael Hasenstab, has staked over $6 billion of clients' money – and his reputation – on Ukraine. The aim of having private investors take a $15.3 billion hit on their Ukrainian debt holdings as part of a $40 billion international rescue package sounds like peanuts compared to Greece, where creditors took a 75 percent haircut on 200 billion euro of debt. Here are profiles of some of the main players in the talks. She speaks fluent Ukrainian, albeit with an old-fashioned accent common to descendants of Ukrainian immigrants in North America. Ukraine – Natalia Yaresko Ukraine U.S.-born finance minister, a former State Department official and fund manager, received Ukrainian citizenship only last December when she took up the job.
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