Russia is the world’s eighth largest economy, and while it claims it is not isolated, and has made great inroads doing business with countries in Asia in the Middle East while the West has given it the cold shoulder, it is eager to engage with the world’s most famous dealmaker of the moment, President Donald Trump.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/01/24/state-investing-in-russia.html
https://www.ft.com/content/1a13d2de-e193-11e6-9645-c9357a75844a
http://www.finanz.ru/novosti/aktsii/v-byudzhete-gazproma-obnaruzhilas-dyra-na-$15-mlrd-1001690226
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3200208
https://lenta.ru/articles/2017/01/24/cash/
http://inopressa.ru/article/24Jan2017/ft/ruble.html
https://republic.ru/posts/78865
Is Vladimir Putin secretly the richest man in the world? We tried to figure out the Russian president's net worth.
http://time.com/money/4641093/vladimir-putin-net-worth/
And the number one emerging market for capital inflows last week: Russia. Sorry haters.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2017/01/23/russia-becomes-one-big-money-magnet/
https://lenta.ru/articles/2017/01/23/backingame/