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Igor Yurgens, Adviser to President Medvedev of Russia
The World Bank predicts that Russia's economy will contract 4.5% in 2009. Stephen Sackur asks Igor Yurgens, advisor to President Medvedev, why Russia has proved to be vulnerable.
In 2008, Russia's Finance Minister pronounced his country to be an 'island of stability' in the global economic crisis. Since then the rouble has lost a third of its value, the stock market has plunged 70% and the World Bank predicts that Russia's economy will contract 4.5% this year.
Igor Yurgens is one of President Medvedev's closest advisers on the economy. Stephen Sackur asks him why Russia has proved so vulnerable.
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