The International Monetary Fund has postponed the resumption of consultations with the Russian government following objections from European countries, which argued that cooperation with an aggressor would play into the hands of Kremlin propaganda.

The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) planned visit to Russia has been "postponed indefinitely," Russian state-controlled news agency TASS reported on Sept. 17.

The International Monetary Fund has postponed its planned consultation mission with Russia indefinitely because of technical issues, TASS agency cited Alexei Mozhin, Russia's director at the IMF, as saying on Wednesday.

The IMF ’s leadership scrapped plans to begin a review of the Russian economy this week ahead of a trip to Moscow later this month because the mission was “technically not ready”, Alexsei Mozhin, the IMF’s executive director for Russia,

The work of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, which was scheduled to participate in consultations with Russia, has been postponed indefinitely. Source: Alexey Mozhin, Executive Director of the IMF from Russia;