Russia set to play awkward guest at EBRD party

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Reuters

Prickly relations with Russia and lagging reforms in Ukraine risk souring the mood for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development as it holds its annual meeting this week against a mostly cheerful background of quickening global growth.

Doubts persist over Ukraine's progress in tackling corruption and cleaning up its tax and customs services - important priorities for the EBRD, which is the country's biggest foreign investor.

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