Definition: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Input: Passage: The IMF is to continue providing financial support to Russia despite disappointment with the country's economic performance in 1996, IMF director general Michel Camdessus said here on Wednesday. Supporting Russia financially "is our raison d'etre (reason for existing) -- we must do it and it will be done," Camdessus told students at the State Institute for International Relations (MGIMO) here.

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