The economic fortunes of Vladimir Putin’s Russia have collapsed dramatically. Once hailed as a great oracle of finance, Putin instead has led his country to the precipice of a double-dip recession. Of course, the gushing about Putin’s financial leadership was entirely wrong from the start, ascribing Russia’s oil windfall to good management by Putin. Now, problems in Russia are so dire that the price of oil is no bulwark against collapse.
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