Power Vertical: Economic Turbulence And Russia's Jittery Elite

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The price of oil is falling. The ruble is dropping. And fears abound that contagion from the crisis in the eurozone could spread to Russia. Former Finance Minister Aleksei Kudrin says there is a 50 percent chance that the Russian economy could go into recession. What would it mean if an economic crisis compounded Russia's current political turmoil?