Moscow draws flak for poor handling of economy
Alarm bells are ringing amid rising concern that Putin's government have no clue over how to deal with crisis
Moscow
FACED with a crippling recession, Russian authorities are coming in for growing criticism from economic insiders concerned over a lack of clear policies to deal with the crisis.
After a year that saw growth slump and the rouble nosedive on the back of falling oil prices and Western sanctions over Ukraine, officials have predicted that Russia's economy will contract by about 5 per cent in 2015.
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