In spite of all that has been done to isolate Russia, the ruble has actually strengthened and its central bank has cut interest rates. But one of the foremost experts on the Russian economy explains how things are about to get much worse and why the country may be headed back in time. Elina Ribakova of the Institute of International Finance paints a grim picture of contraction and impoverishment amid a few economic curiosities like "Belorussian shrimp."
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