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‘Putin’s tone – that’s what important’

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Published 28 January, 2009, 15:03

There is a worry that governments facing the economic crisis may become protectionists and won’t think about global solutions, so what people are waiting on from Putin is the tone, says CER Director Charles Grant.

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