How vulnerable are Russia’s banks?

A deep dive into Russia’s banking system provides comfort that, while there are pockets of vulnerability beneath the surface, the economy is unlikely to experience a financial crisis like it did in 2008/09 and 2014/15. Even so, the post-coronavirus world will be one in which banks have severely impaired balance sheets and the economic recovery will be sluggish.

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