by rbth yevgeny biyatov / ria novosti 




the russian economy will need at least 10 years to end its oil dependence, according to a statement made by the head of sberbank, german gref. 




"a very large amount of today's gdp is based on oil and gas,<u+201d> he said at a sberbank conference on oct. 28. <u+201c>and it takes time to create an economy with half of the existing digital businesses, to digitize traditional forms of business. i think it will be at least 5 or even 10 years," he said.
number of the week: how long until russia can end its oil dependence?
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