President Vladimir Putin addressed Russia's currency crisis for the first time, saying it would take as long as two years to emerge from its economic woes, as he blamed external factors for the rouble’s rout but acknowledged that more should have been done to diversify the struggling economy.
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A woman wipes her flat's floor as she watches a TV broadcast of Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual press conference, held in Moscow, on December 18, 2014 in St. Petersburg.
