61.   To keep the different ministries within a financial straitjacket, Budget Minister Johan Vande Lanotte will impose monthly financial checks.

62.   The Republicans have vowed to end the system they say perpetuates a lifelong dependency on getting a monthly check that destroys the will to work.

63.   The IMF only releases the money after monthly checks to make sure Russia is realizing objectives such as cutting inflation, stabilizing the ruble and limiting the budget deficit.