Medvedev says Russia past worst stage of financial crisis | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday though the global economic crisis still persists, his country had successfully passed the worst stage of it.
‘Next year we will be facing a number of tasks, including financial and social, but I am sure we will be able to tackle them,’ the Russian leader said.”