that macroeconomic response side you see a very nice management and we could even call it textbook accor economic management of the crisis. i want to illustrate how well russia fair with the free float -- fared with the free float. the free-floating ruble compared to the currency in neighboring countries in azerbaijan and topics on which still -- and clung ton which still --. they still tried to keep the fixed exchange rates. in the end, how did it affect their foreign exchange and fiscal reserves compared to russia? russia's foreign exchange rate yearves at the end of last but they still had 13 months of imports. a nice reserve in foreign exchange. the ones for azerbaijan dropped from eight months to four months . o --oeconom macroeconomists get nervous. the fiscal impact, we had a sizable federal deficit for russia of two point 4% last year. zakhstan,pare it to ka they had 7%. that tells you how well russia fared with the free float. -- where is i think connecting toture the different sectors and different opportunities for russian firms to take advantage of the weaker ruble. this is a

his words accor -- his words echoed with valor, sincerity, and deep consideration, qualities that he has always embodied. i first met secretary kerry when he was serving as a united states senator. during his 28 years in the senate, secretary kerry served on the foreign relations committee, where he was one of the most respected voices on issues of foreign policy and national security. in he was the 2004, democratic nominee for president of the united states. in december of 2012, president obama nominated him to become the united states secretary of state. upon his confirmation, he became the first sitting chairman of the foreign relations committee to become secretary of state in more than a century. winston churchill once said, "success is not final. failure is not fatal. it is the courage to continue that counts." as secretary of state john kerry , has shown this courage time and time again. he has traveled over one million miles, visited 81 countries, and what i think the most impressive thing is, he spent 2368 hours, or 99 days, in flight time and we complain about sitting in tr

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