The drop in oil prices over the past month will limit the room for fiscal stimulus in response to the slump in Russia’s economy since the turn of the year and is another reason to expect the recovery to disappoint. But in the absence of a much sharper fall, lower oil prices themselves are unlikely to act as a further drag on growth – the causes of Russia’s slowdown run much deeper.
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