Hard to do that when you're banning imports from trading partners.
Investors are pulling capital out of Russia. Food prices are soaring. The rouble is losing value, as is their stock market. They better get that BRIC bank soon if they want to continue acting like they are, or Russia will have an internal battle to deal with.
...and how quickly things change, somebody shook his tree.
Ukraine ceasefire: Putin lays out 7-step plan to stop hostilities in E. Ukraine
Beats a uranium pill or a bullet to the head.