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World Bank: Russia may need help if oil falls more

THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS found this 12/19/2008 on breitbart.com

MOSCOW (AP) - Russia would come under crippling financial pressure and may need to raise money externally if oil languishes at an average of $30 a barrel over the next two years, the World Bank predicted Friday. The bleak scenario would mark a rapid unraveling of Russia's oil-fueled economic ...