As an International Monetary Fund mission touched down in Kyiv on May 10, hopes are on the rise of getting another $1.7 billion installment of the country’s four-year, $17.5 billion bailout loan package – frozen last year after lending of $6.7 billion.But Ukraine still has a lot of work to do to restart the flow of cash from the IMF: Parliament has to pass at least 14 bills to meet the IMF’s funding conditions, according to Ukraine’s government. The government on May 1 increased gas tariffs, meeting one of the IMF’s key demands.

After a new government formed under Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman on April 14, the IMF confirmed it was ready to restart its work with Ukraine.