Non-Oil Deficit in Russia at Highly Dangerous Level - Putin |
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Multithumb found errors on this page: There was a problem loading image http://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/101725/35/1017253566.jpg ![]() Russia 06:00 11.01.2016(updated 06:47 11.01.2016) Get short URL MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On Wednesday, Brent crude benchmark hit $34.93 a barrel, 1.5 percent down from the day before and the lowest since 2004. "When oil prices are high, it is very difficult to resist using oil revenues for current expenses. Our non-oil deficit has increased to a very dangerous level, in my opinion. We are now forced to lower it, and this is healthy [for the economy]," Putin told Germany's Bild newspaper. According to the president, the Russian economy will gradually become more stable. "We believe that we will gradually move toward stabilization and economic growth."
Miron Fyodorov, better known by his stage name Oxxxymiron, rarely gives interviews. "I dislike almost everything written about me," he tells RBTH uneasily. This reclusive nature is not hindering his growing popularity though: Posters advertising Oxxxymiron's concerts are all over the Internet and o [ ... ] Fighter pilots from Russia's Voronezh, Tver and Kursk regions and Republic of Karelia have completed the main stage of the Western Military District (WMD) fighter jet exercise, Ladoga-2016, over Lake Ladoga, WMD spokesman Col. Igor Muginov said on March 25.
"Throughout the week, Air Force [ ... ] The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group on Nagorny Karabakh will have consultations with the countries of the Minsk Group in Vienna for the purpose of de-escalating the conflict, sources in the OSCE headquarters told Interfax on April 3.
"Bearing in mind the sharp aggravation of the situati [ ... ]
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