Russia: fiscal squeeze to weigh on growth for years to come

There are signs that the slump in the Russian economy is now close to bottoming out. However, we think that when the recovery does come, it is likely to be extremely weak at best. One reason for this is the fact that Russia now faces a large fiscal squeeze.

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