1Russia faces new U.S.,EU sanctions over Ukraine crisis. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/11 /ukraine-crisis-idU SL5N0RC47120140911 . 2014
2Deficit-free budget possible in 2014. http://tass.ru/en/economy/720280 . 2015
3EU imposes further Russia sanctions as Ukraine fighting continues. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/29/world/europe/ukraine-crisis/index.html . 2014
4Russia-China trade exceeded$95 billion in 2014. http://tass.ru/en/economy/770864 . 2015
5American ExxonM obil to stop drilling in offshore Russia. http://arka.am/en/news/in_the_world/american_exxonmobil_to_stop_drilling_in_offshore_russia/ . 2014
6S&P; cuts Russia’’s credit rating to junk. http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/26/investing/russia-creditrating-junk/index.html . 2015
7Russia’’s capital outflows reach record in 2014 as sanctions,oil slump hit. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/16/russia-capital-outflows-idU SL6N0UV3S320150116 . 2015
8Russia ends dollar/euro currency peg,moves to free float. http://rt.com/business/203959-russian-rublefree-float-bank/ .
9Russia’’s Central Bank cuts key interest rate to 14%. http://tass.ru/en/economy/782546 . 2015
