obama's epic nut-dragging across putin's face is something to behold....and he didnt even have to invade the wrong country to do it...
http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/11/news/economy/russia-economy-recession-six-quarters/index.html
Russia's economy has been in recession for 18 months
by Ivana Kottasova @ivanakottasovaAugust 11, 2016: 10:35 AM ET
Russia has just marked 18 months of a deep and painful recession.
The country's economy was 0.6% smaller in the second quarter of 2016 than the same period last year, according to official data published on Thursday.
But there is a glimmer of hope for Russians who have seen their living standards suffer over the last year and a half -- the pace of the slowdown is starting ease. The economy shrank by 1.2%in the first quarter, following a 3.7% plunge in 2015.
Russia has been hit by a double whammy of low oil prices and economic sanctions, and has not grown for six consecutive quarters.
The sanctions imposed on Moscow over its role in the crisis in Ukraine have severely curtailed investment into the country, and cut Russian firms off from European and American finance.
i hope the chiselers out in south dakota are ready![[smoke]](http://l.yimg.com/j/assets/img/emoticons/classic/smokin.r191677.gif "Cool [smoke]")
http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/11/news/economy/russia-economy-recession-six-quarters/index.html
Russia's economy has been in recession for 18 months
by Ivana Kottasova @ivanakottasovaAugust 11, 2016: 10:35 AM ET
Russia has just marked 18 months of a deep and painful recession.
The country's economy was 0.6% smaller in the second quarter of 2016 than the same period last year, according to official data published on Thursday.
But there is a glimmer of hope for Russians who have seen their living standards suffer over the last year and a half -- the pace of the slowdown is starting ease. The economy shrank by 1.2%in the first quarter, following a 3.7% plunge in 2015.
Russia has been hit by a double whammy of low oil prices and economic sanctions, and has not grown for six consecutive quarters.
The sanctions imposed on Moscow over its role in the crisis in Ukraine have severely curtailed investment into the country, and cut Russian firms off from European and American finance.
i hope the chiselers out in south dakota are ready
