Russia in 2016

By Jill Dougherty

Jill Dougherty is an expert on Russia and the former Soviet Union.  She spent 30 years with CNN as Foreign Affairs Correspondent, U.S. Affairs Editor for CNN International; Managing Editor of CNN International Asia/Pacific and CNN's Moscow Bureau Chief and Correspondent and CNN White House Correspondent, covering the presidencies of George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

President Vladimir Putin opened his marathon year-ender news conference in December with comments on the state of the Russian economy, and immediately began coughing. Some political observers noted that Mr. Putin tends to cough when he’s uncomfortable about something. If so, he had plenty to be nervous about. His number one worry: the effect of plummeting oil prices on Russia’s energy export-dependent economy, a factor that will play a defining role for Russia in 2016.

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