Snubbed by US and Europe, Kremlin looks to Asia at Davos
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Davos, Switzerland
ON opening night at the annual gathering of the moneyed here, Russia's state-owned bank VTB put on a lavish party, with dancers in gorgeous versions of Russian traditional dress, Russian-style nouvelle cuisine and raucous music by, among others, the Balkan film director Emir Kusturica.
Poorly attended, it nevertheless had a purpose: to underline that - despite war in Ukraine - Western sanctions, tumbling oil prices and the weak rouble, business in and with Russia should carry on.
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