The $40bn crisis package that press reports suggest is being prepared by the Russian government should allay fears of a repeat of 2008-09, when the Kremlin was accused of being behind the curve in the face of economic chaos. But at the same time, they also reveal Russia’s growing vulnerability to falling oil prices.
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