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The global recession has hit Russia especially hard

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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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