Putin says Russia economy will be cured, offers no remedy
Source: Reuters
(Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin assured Russians on Thursday that the economy would rebound after the ruble's dramatic slide this year but offered no remedy for a deepening financial crisis.
Defiant and confident at a three-hour news conference, Putin blamed the economic problems on external factors and said the crisis over Ukraine was caused by the West, which he accused of building a "virtual" Berlin Wall to contain Russia.
At times sneering, at others cracking jokes, he ignored pressure to say how he will fix an economy facing what his economy minister calls a "perfect storm" of low oil prices, Western sanctions over Ukraine and global financial problems.
The rouble has fallen about 45 percent against the dollar this year, and suffered particularly steep falls on Monday and Tuesday, but Putin refused to call it a crisis and said it would eventually rise again.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/18/us-russia-crisis-putin-idUSKBN0JV2R120141218
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Palin and she could sell her famous moose chilli.
marble falls
(57,106 posts)sakabatou
(42,158 posts)davidpdx
(22,000 posts)That's what I call multitasking....
snooper2
(30,151 posts)or not LOL
FLPanhandle
(7,107 posts)WTF?
snooper2
(30,151 posts)Ukrainian right wingers shot that plane down trying to blame it on poor Russia-
All of the fighters against the new Ukrainian government are socialist freedom fighters!
There is no Russian involvement or support-
(one of those instances where the far left and far right meet to complete the political circle)
Oh, and Putin is fucking DREAMY
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)The Poot-licker in chief bowed out of their own accord, though.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)Nothing like more foreign adventures in pursut of restoring the glorious old Soviet Union to distract the people's attention from a shitty economy.
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)Kennah
(14,276 posts)I'm not sure whether to use the sarcasm tag or the nervous laughter tag.