Putin backs Russian central bank
Russian President Vladimir Putin has allowed the central bank to administer strong medicine. |||
Moscow – With Russia’s economy battered by economic sanctions and plunging oil prices, President Vladimir Putin has allowed the central bank to administer strong medicine, sharply raising interest rates even as it freed the rouble to float. Such tough measures may well help push the country deeper into recession next year, but have so far staved off financial panic, runaway inflation or a currency meltdown like the one that helped catapult Putin into power in the 1990s. Those who follow the central …read more
Source: Independent Online
