The International Monetary Fund has cut its growth forecast for Russia.
The Fund's mission chief to Moscow Antonio Spilimbergo said they expect the country's GDP to grow just 0.2 percent this year.
Previously the IMF had forecast 1.3 percent expansion for 2014.
It said international sanctions imposed on Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine, and the threat of more to come, are hurting the economy and threatened investment.
Russians, and foreign investors, are pulling their money out.
The IMF ...
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