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ROUBLE SLIDES AS NEW GOVERNMENT DELAYED
Russia is likely to take another week
before forming a new government as the
rouble's value continues to fall.
Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov is
unlikely to form a government for a
week, President Yeltsin has revealed.
The new delay comes as Russians queue
up to buy dollars amid fears, at home
and abroad, that the new government
will just print money to pay its debts.
The news comes as anxious European
Union leaders have arrived in Moscow.
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