Russia Ready to Give ‘Practical, Real’ Aid to EU, Putin Says
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Russia is prepared to provide “practical, real aid” to Europe and wants to channel its assistance “first of all” through the International Monetary Fund, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said.
Russia, holder of the world’s third-largest international reserves, “is ready to join and in fact has already joined in solving the problem of overcoming the crisis, including in the euro zone,” Putin said during a meeting with German business leaders in Moscow.