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
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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.