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Moscow’s Sterilized Barrel
By di <a href="https://argomenti.ilsole24ore.com/marcello-minenna.html">Marcello Minenna</a>

For decades, oil was the shorthand indicator of Russia’s financial strength: when the barrel rose, so did fiscal revenues and reserves, the ruble stabilized, and geopolitical room for maneuver expanded....