Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview published on Monday in German newspaper Bild
via Reuters
- Russia needs to reduce its non-oil and gas deficit, which shows the gap between revenues and expenditures once revenues from oil and gas are excluded
- "I believe that our non-oil and gas deficit has risen to a very dangerous level. So now we are forced to lower it. And this is healthy"
Much more at the Reuters article, here ... much of it about defence issues.