Russia needs better private property protection – deputy premier | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Russia needs to improve private property protection, Igor Shuvalov, the country’s powerful first deputy prime minister in charge of anti-crisis management, said on Thursday.
‘The [global] crisis has reminded us about the need to improve the protection of private property,’ Shuvalov said speaking at an international conference in Moscow. ‘Otherwise, the economy can only count on short-term investment.'”