Russia canceled its sixth weekly debt sale on Aug. 26, its longest absence from fundraising in four years, as oil revenue gave the government slack to keep sidestepping higher borrowing costs.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to a question during a press conference with his Finnish counterpart after talks at the Black Sea resort of Sochi, on Aug. 15, 2014.
