Battle erupts over budget crisis

Article reports that Russia postponed a government debate about slashing the budget, February 2009, as a political battle about how to manage the economic crisis erupted into a public spat.

ESO: Background information: Moscow abandons bail-outs for bank aid / Putin signs off second wave of bank bail-outs http://www.europeansources.info/record/moscow-abandons-bail-outs-for-bank-aid-putin-signs-off-second-wave-of-bank-bail-outs/

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