Its currency is wounded and its economy besieged by sanctions, yet Russia still has money to spare for potential allies overseas. Even as it scrabbles for foreign funds, Moscow is poised to make a 10 billion euros ($10.8 billion) loan to Hungary, one of the European Union members most sympathetic to it.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (2nd R) looks at Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban (L) shaking hands with Russia's nuclear agency Rosatom head Sergei Kiriyenko (R) during a meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo Putin's residence outside Moscow, on Jan. 14.
