Entangled In Russia’s Faltering Economy: The Fate Of Its Respected Central Banker

(Mike Eckel – RFE/RL) That Russia’s economy was grinding its gears was no secret to anyone paying close attention. That it was outright screeching to a halt, if not shifting into reverse, was more of a surprise — apparently even to President Vladimir Putin, who chided his top economic advisers last week in a Kremlin meeting that was televised for maximum effect. Among those on the receiving end of Putin’s ire: Elvira Nabiullina, the respected Central Bank chief who has played a singular role in keeping the economy humming despite being knocked off balance by the war on Ukraine. – Entangled In Russia’s Faltering Economy: The Fate Of Its Respected Central Banker