The fact that Russian GDP growth slowed from 4.1% y/y in Q1 to 3.4% y/y in Q2 is particularly worrying since it suggests that the economy was losing steam even before the recent turmoil in financial markets. This supports our long-standing view that the Russian recovery will continue to disappoint relative to that of other emerging economies.
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