| Author (Person) | Belton, Catherine, Wagstyl, Stefan |
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| Series Title | Financial Times |
| Series Details | 18.2.09 |
| Publication Date | 18/02/2009 |
| Content Type | News |
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A senior Russian official, Vladimir Yakunin, called on the 17 February 2009 for the immediate imposition of exchange controls to ensure the foreign currency spent supporting the rouble was not taken out of the country. The remarks from Mr Yakunin, the head of state-run Russian Railways and a close associate of Vladimir Putin, the prime minister, were seen as a thinly veiled attack on Alexei Kudrin, the liberal finance minister and the man behind recent efforts to defend the rouble by drawing $200bn (€159bn, £141bn) from the country’s currency reserves. |
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| Countries / Regions | Russia |
