MOSCOW - Russian manufacturing activity shrank in January at the fastest rate since mid-2009, a survey showed on Feb. 2, as weak oil prices and the Ukraine crisis take their toll on the economy.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
The Economic Times: Russian factory activity shrinks in January at fastest rate since middle of 2009 – PMI
A wounded Ukrainian servicemen smokes a cigarette as he arrives at a hospital in the eastern Ukrainian city of Artemivsk, in the Donetsk region on Jan. 29, 2015 .