<sod >In Russia, where Putin had wanted Ukraine as a key part in a union of ex-Soviet states, the finance minister said the next tranche of a $15 billion loan package agreed to in December would not be paid, at least before a new government is formed.< eod>< sod > In Russia, where Putin had wanted Ukraine as a key part in a union of ex-Soviet states, the finance minister said the next tranche of a $15 billion loan package agreed to in December would not be paid, at least before a new government is formed.But Didier Burkhalter, Switzerland's president and the chair of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, told the UN Security Council on Monday that "through its [the group's] impartiality and inclusivity, [it] has the necessary attributes to host and moderate" the international contact group.< eod>