KIEV, Feb. 25 – Investors will be watching closely as Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych seeks to pass a budget, pay about $6 billion in debt this year, and resume a lending program with the International Monetary Fund.

"Money matters, and there is an understanding that the IMF deal is crucial," Marcus Svedberg, chief economist at East Capital Asset Management AB which holds $5 billion in Eastern European equities, said, Dow Jones reported. "They’re going to work hard to actually fulfill the program."