Russian economy in bad shape, minister says
Davos, Switzerland (UPI) Jan 23, 2015 - Russian economic woes predate the steady decline in oil prices and sanctions triggered by crises in Ukraine, a Russian minister said Friday from Switzerland. Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said from the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos the Russian economy never fully emerged from the economic crises that ensnared the global economy in 2008-09. "We ... more

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