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World Bank president praises Russian efforts in rebuilding economy

23/07/2001

The World Bank president James Wolfensohn confirmed at a press conference in Krasnoyarsk recently that Russia is serious in its attempts to change over to a normally operating economy.

He said he had visited Russia before, but only now was he getting the impression that a real effort was being made to embrace the free market economy.

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