The Russian government is braced for the country’s capital outflows to soar to $70bn in the first three months of this year as investors seek cover from the fallout of president Vladimir Putin’s annexation of Crimea.
Andrei Klepach, Russia’s deputy economy minister, said yesterday that outflows in the first quarter were expected to be closer to the top end of a $65bn-$70bn government estimate, as fears of tighter sanctions hit the economy.
That would exceed the $63bn that flowed out of the country in all of last year and is higher than the $50bn figure mooted by Mr Putin’s economic adviser Alexei Kudrin just 10 days ago.
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