It would have been used to pay old Russian debts to the monetary fund.

For Congress to finance the monetary fund any further, as you suggest, would be throwing good money after bad.

To win the monetary fund's support, Russia has already taken some steps.

The 14-month deal lets it draw on about $700 million from the monetary fund.

Those sales have to be approved by Congress and the monetary fund itself.

These monetary funds need to be generated from domestic and international sources.

But many say the monetary fund should have called government officials to account sooner.

An office building is being erected across the street from the monetary fund.

Neither Japan nor the monetary fund has put a dollar figure on the plan.

But, he said, the monetary fund would not be directly involved in that process.