Vladimir Putin walks an economic tightrope
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. Despite facing tight sanctions over the war in Ukraine, Russia’s economy has been expanding at its fastest rate in more than a decade. But rising interest rates could be a sign of trouble to come.
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