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“It is very difficult to enter a single currency zone having fairly weak economic parameters and maintain a favourable state of the economy, not to mention positive growth rates. We have witnessed it not only in Europe, but for example in Argentina (nearly 10 years ago or more), when they tied the national currency to the dollar and later they did not know what to do about it.”

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Vladimir Putin is the President of Russia, born on October 7, 1952. Since 2000, Putin has served multiple terms as the President of Russia, profoundly impacting the political, economic, and social development of the country. more

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