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No guarantees of an easy ride

Economic recovery has strengthened Russia’s banks but while the old banking structure persists the sector is open to many risks.
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Could Russian banking survive another crisis? It is now five years since the financial meltdown that followed Russia’s debt default and devaluation.

A spectacular economic recovery on the back of rising oil prices has created a semblance of normality in Russian banking. Management quality has improved with banks led, in many cases, by an even younger team of executives than before and tasked with making the industry more professional.

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