KIEV, Jan. 24 – Alexander Lebedev, a Russian with extensive business assets in Ukraine, has called on the International Monetary Fund to crack down on corruption and ensure investor protection in the country.

In an article in the Financial Times, Lebedev, chairman of Russia’s National Reserve Corp., called on IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn “to remember that upholding law and order is key to investor confidence in any country, and that what is not acceptable is tolerating corruption.