Text: When asked whether the United States should oppose loans to Russia because of the war, Berger replies, It's a premature question   because the predicate question is whether they get the economic reforms in order, at which point we'll have to look at what's in our national interest.
Entailment: They thought that economic reform needs to take place before entertaining the idea of international loans.
Contradiction: They were all for loaning Russia as much money as they needed.