Rude Russians look in horse's mouth

[Chris Burford]

 From the Economist weekly review:

(Don't these Russians realise they are about to have a nuclear missile 
shield built over them?)


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NO THANKS
RUSSIA rejected a short-term loan facility from the International
Monetary Fund, saying that it did not need the money and that it did
not want to be under the "constant control" of the IMF. The IMF had
offered Russia a precautionary credit facility in exchange for new
policies such as tightened supervision of the banking system.