WASHINGTON, May 3. The main shareholders of the International Monetary Fund fear that with Russia's possible departure from the organization, other countries could leave the organization, depriving it of its global status, said in an interview Executive Director for Russia at the IMF Alexey Mozhin.
“The main shareholders of the fund today are our worst enemies. However, they also understand that if we leave, the fund will cease to be a global institution. In addition, other countries will follow Russia,” he said. 
According to Mozhin, now Moscow does not need anything from the fund, but there is benefit from documents and access to information.
«If we leave, we will weaken the positions of those fund participants who need our support. After all, the composition of the board of directors is divided equally: 12 seats each from Western and non-Western countries. At the same time, the distribution of votes approximately 60 to 40 percent in favor of Western countries,” he said.
Mozhin added that the popularity of the Russian directorate has never been as high among representatives of non-Western countries as after the start of the special operation.
«Our departure will greatly weaken their position. Russia is a strong ally. We have challenged the West, both military and economic challenge, and we are coping with it, including showing the power of our economy,” he concluded.
The International Monetary Fund is an intergovernmental monetary and credit organization created in 1944. Today, 190 states are members of the IMF, Russia since 1992. The IMF's financial resources are generated mainly through quota contributions from member countries to the fund's capital. Quotas are calculated using a formula based, among other things, on the relative sizes of national economies.
