MOSCOW - Russia's government has pushed the country into an economic crisis by not tackling its financial problems fast enough, former finance minister Alexei Kudrin said on Monday, warning the full effects would be felt next year.
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A man speaks on his mobile phone under a board listing foreign currency rates against the Russian ruble outside an exchange office in central Moscow, on Dec. 17, 2014.