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The ruble is down, the price of potatoes is up. But is Russia’s economy really in trouble?

The ruble is down, the price of potatoes is up. But is Russia’s economy really in trouble?

The lead story on the front page of Tuesday's edition of Moskovskij Komsomolets, a major state-run newspaper in Moscow, is the uproar over the rising price of potatoes.One lawmaker is calling on the country's prosecutor general to investigate the surging cost of this household staple, which is nearly as essential to Russian diets as bread. According to […]

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