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<blockquote data-quote="Jones" data-source="post: 1304524" data-attributes="member: 4805"><p><em>While Putin clearly imagines Russia to be a great power, the country is a hollow shell of its former self, with waning political and military influence and an economy that is teetering on the brink. Higher inflation, a weakening ruble, huge capital outflows and a lack of economic reforms contributed to a major slowdown in the growth rate last year — from a <a href="http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2014/03/26/highlights-rer31" target="_blank">projected increase</a> of 3.6 percent to a mediocre 1.3 percent clip. The Crimea crisis will only add to these economic woes.</em></p><p></p><p>Interesting article:</p><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/how-putin-is-losing-in-crimea--a-reality-check-180005512.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>How Putin is losing in Crimea: A reality check</strong></span></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jones, post: 1304524, member: 4805"] [I]While Putin clearly imagines Russia to be a great power, the country is a hollow shell of its former self, with waning political and military influence and an economy that is teetering on the brink. Higher inflation, a weakening ruble, huge capital outflows and a lack of economic reforms contributed to a major slowdown in the growth rate last year — from a [URL='http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2014/03/26/highlights-rer31']projected increase[/URL] of 3.6 percent to a mediocre 1.3 percent clip. The Crimea crisis will only add to these economic woes.[/I] Interesting article: [URL='http://news.yahoo.com/how-putin-is-losing-in-crimea--a-reality-check-180005512.html'][SIZE=3][B]How Putin is losing in Crimea: A reality check[/B][/SIZE][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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