VEB.RF fires chief economist after he predicts Russia will lose economic war
Russian state corporation VEB.RF fired longtime chief economist Andrey Klepach on Aug. 16 after remarks in which he predicted that Russia could not outlast the West in a prolonged economic conflict and would face a social crisis, two people who know him told The Bell.
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