Economics

Putin Plans $14 Billion Stimulus as Pressure Mounts for Spending

  • Some of the money will go toward subsidizing salaries
  • Spending to be funded by increased borrowing on local market
Police officers wearing protective face masks patrol in Moscow, Russia, on March 30.Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government plans to dramatically ramp up stimulus measures to prop up an economy that is lurching toward recession.