Even with the modest recovery in commodity prices over the past six months, Russia’s energy sector has experienced declining production in recent years, due in part to fears among foreign investors of expropriation. Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, integral in propping up an increasingly re-centralized economy, is being depleted fast.
俄罗斯经济的衰弱性及其本国银行和公司的高杠杆性被近些年来虚高的油价和天然气价格所掩盖。但在本期全球经济大动荡中暴露无遗。背负着破败的重工业基础设施，加上运转失灵和复仇主义政治形态，与此同时，俄罗斯的人口也处于近乎下滑通道之中。