By Steve Gutterman and Richard Balmforth MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his government on Wednesday to honor a $15 billion bailout deal for Ukraine, but a minister suggested the make-up of a new government in Kiev will determine how quickly the vital aid is dispatched. In Kiev, Ukraine's new interim prime minister promised to try to limit the economic damage inflicted by more than two months of turmoil, and said he expected Russia to disburse a further $2 billion aid installment "very soon". Moscow, however, sent mixed messages on how quickly the money which Ukraine urgently needs would arrive. Putin repeated a promise he made on Tuesday to provide the aid even if the opposition forms the next government in Kiev.

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