The Russian economy is in a dire state, hammered by low oil prices, Western sanctions imposed over the crisis in Ukraine, and years of mismanagement. GDP is set to contract by as much as 5 percent this year, and inflation is soaring.
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A worker passes behind a transparent fence bearing an image of Red Square at a construction site outside the Kremlin in Moscow on April 7.
