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RUSSIALINK: "Kudrin doubts 1.9% economic growth forecast due to coronavirus" - Interfax

RUSSIALINK: “Kudrin doubts 1.9% economic growth forecast due to coronavirus” – Interfax

MOSCOW. Feb 18 (Interfax) – Alexei Kudrin, the chairman of the Russian Accounts Chamber, said he was doubtful about the government’s 1.9% economic growth forecast and that adverse factors like the coronavirus needed to be taken into account.

“The measures in fulfillment of the [president’s] address will produce an additional effect on economic growth. Right now I hesitate to say how much – this…

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RUSSIALINK: "Sanctions against Russian state banks likely to be more of a deterrent measure- Kudrin" - Interfax

RUSSIALINK: “Sanctions against Russian state banks likely to be more of a deterrent measure- Kudrin” – Interfax

WASHINGTON. April 14 (Interfax) – If the currently discussed U.S. legislation on new anti-Russian sanctions is enacted, its implementation is going to be either delayed or unlikely to affect those banks whose problems could actually change the general economic situation in Russia, Accounts Chamber head Alexei Kudrin said.

“I suppose that the framework provisions are going to be adopted, but the…

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Russia's Kudrin Calls Detention Of American Investor 'Emergency' For Economy .......... #RUSSIA #CALVEY #INVESTMENT #HUMANRIGHTS #TRAVEL

Russia’s Kudrin Calls Detention Of American Investor ‘Emergency’ For Economy ………. #RUSSIA #CALVEY #INVESTMENT #HUMANRIGHTS #TRAVEL

(Article text ©2019 RFE/RL, Inc., Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty – rferl.org – February 19, 2019 – article text also appeared at rferl.org/a/russian-official-calls-us-investor-s-detention-emergency-for-economy-/29778434.html)

A longtime former finance minister who is close to President Vladimir Putin has called the arrest of a prominent American investment-fund manager an “emergency” for the…

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Scaled-Up Banking Rescue to Push Russian Budget Into Deficit

Scaled-Up Banking Rescue to Push Russian Budget Into Deficit

Russia’s central bank said its bailout of Trust Bank – the first major lender to fail as a result of the sharp decline in the ruble – would cost about $2.5 billion, far more than previously anticipated.

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Russia Bails Out a Failing Lender, Trust Bank

Russia Bails Out a Failing Lender, Trust Bank

The country’s central bank said it would inject $530 million into Trust Bank, and analysts predict more bailouts could follow.

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