The president said that Russia must at least minimize the negative consequences MOSCOW, May 13. /TASS/. Western countries have shown that they are ready to harm their own economies in order to spite Russia, so Moscow must brace itself for further moves like this, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with members of the Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia) Association. "The world's leading economies are sliding into a recession, just to harm us. [It is like] "I'll buy a ticket and won’t go