Red flag

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Publishing Date: 03 Jul 2009 10:45am GMT
Issue/Supplement: 03/07/09
Author: Chris Hinde

Russia is suffering more than most countries from the international financial crisis. This week Vladimir Putin told the heads of the country’s leading banks “not to plan any summer holidays” until they had increased their lending rates to industry.

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