Nu ook Russische banken in de problemen
Een vicieuze circle of doom:
All it takes, as Russia is finding out, is for oil prices to unexpectedly drop, and you’re left with an economic crisis that turns into a currency crisis that morphs into a financial crisis — which, of course, only makes the economic crisis even worse. It’s a cycle of doom that’s hard to stop, no matter how vehemently you insist that your “bear” won’t let itself become a “stuffed animal” by having its “fangs and claws” torn out. (That was how Vladimir Putin put it during his annual press-conference-as-performance-art on Thursday).