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Russia's consumption and investment motors stall bne IntelliNews Russia's economic growth has slowed to a crawl. The latest official forecast is 0.8% growth this year, but a range of analyst and international financial institutions are predicting growth will be lower and there could be no growth at all next year as Russia enters stagflation territory.
domestic investment and the worsening position for Russia's shoppers as real incomes stagnate after almost a decade of strong gains. The latest macro statistics for the first 10 months of this year continue to paint a picture of consumption-driven growth, with retail trade up
The fall of the ruble and the tumbling oil prices are partly to blame but more serious is the lack of
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Ukraine considers appointing Georgian reformers to cabinet posts bne IntelliNews Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko is looking to hire international reform talent for the new government, with former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili tipped to become deputy prime minister. According to multiple reports in the Ukrainian media, Poroshenko’s administration has hired international headhunters to recruit reform talent
both for a new government and to head new anticorruption law enforcement agencies. Georgia's former government - credited with successfully carrying out sweeping reforms between 2003-2013 - may supply a number of officials to Ukraine, if Poroshenko can convince See page 4