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The global recession has hit Russia especially hard

Karlotta BahnsenJune 5, 2009

Time to get back to business. The global recession has hit Russia especially hard. The economy shrank in the first quarter by a whopping 23 percent--the largest quarterly contraction in 15 years. And economist are still not willing to talk about a foreseeable recovery.

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