* The International Monetary Fund approved the disbursement of about $18.4 million under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) to Mali in support of the efforts to maintain macroeconomic stability and growth in the war-torn country during the next twelve months
RUSSIA
* Russia confirmed it is extending its "Dima Yakovlev" blacklist to include more US citizens deemed to be human rights violators, who will be banned from entering the country in the latest tit-for-tat retaliation for the US Magnitsky Act
