The International Monetary Fund warned Sunday that recently proposed legislation in Ukraine threatens to undermine reforms critical to the success of a $40 billion bailout package for the country. Poul Thomsen, director of the IMF’s European department, said in a statement that seven pieces of legislation up for review in Ukraine’s parliament next week could roll back important reforms on pensions and energy tariffs that Ukrainian lawmakers passed earlier this year. The fund also condemned a separate law passed by parliament earlier this month that would allow Ukrainians to repay foreign currency loans at a more favorable exchange rate, a move some experts have said could collapse the country’s banking system. President Petro Poroshenko has signaled he will veto the foreign-exchange bill. The IMF’s concerns come as Ukraine continues to struggle with a buckling economy, as the armed conflict with Russia-backed rebels persists in the country’s east. Ukraine’s […]