Assessing the fallout from Russia’s Otkritie bailout

The breathless commentary surrounding the recent bailout of Otkritie by Russia’s central bank appears to have missed some of the more salient points about Russia’s banking sector. As we explain in this Watch, the risk of systemic problems that affect even healthy institutions and have a severe economic impact seems limited.

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