The Russian government, facing its worst economic crisis in a decade, on Jan. 28 proposed cutting planned spending by 10 percent this year and 5 percent over the next two years in all categories except military and social expenditures.
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Associated Press: Russian goverment proposes spending cuts in view of crisis
A woman purchases meat products imported from Belarus at a street market in Saint Petersburg on Dec. 11, 2014.
