LIGNET: Putin Insulates Russia With Plan for Financial Self-Sufficiency

While media reports focus on Vladimir Putin's next military move in Ukraine, the Russian president is deftly making economic changes to cushion the blow of international sanctions. He is also slowly pulling Russia away from the international financial system to promote greater economic self-sufficiency.

Putin's supporters, now estimated to represent about 80 percent of Russia's population, do not worry about sanctions as long as Russian flags are flying in Ukraine.

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