Putin seeks diversified economy

Russia will diversify its economy and not simply rely on sales of oil and gas for future growth, the country's president Vladimir Putin has insisted in an interview with Dutch journalists, 1 November 2005.

World Bank: Report: Enhancing Job Opportunities in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, 2005 http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/ECAEXT/0,,contentMDK:20678241~pagePK:146736~piPK:146830~theSitePK:258599,00.html

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