MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will not bail out companies who may face financial difficulties, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said, as business owners worry about the impact of western sanctions over the government's moves to annex Crimea.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that European Union leaders would signal at a summit later in the day their readiness to ramp up punitive measures against Russia, including politically sensitive economic sanctions.
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