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Russia’s central bank will hardly notice where $100 million of the forecasted $111 billion in capital flight will go this year.

That relatively small share will go to outer space. On July 20, Russian
billionaire Yuriy Milner pledged $100 million to search for
extra-terrestrial beings. The announcement underscored the poor state of Russia’s investment
climate. According to Bloomberg, the situation is likely to aggravate
further due to falling oil prices, sanctions from the West and collapse
of the ruble.