President
Vladimir Putin has insisted Russia's under-fire currency, the rouble, will
stabilise, but warned the economic crisis could last two years.
He
is currently holding his annual end-of-year news conference.
Mr
Putin blamed "outside factors" for the falling rouble but admitted
the central bank could have acted sooner.
He
also accepted Russia had failed to diversify its economy, which has been hit by
falling oil prices and sanctions over the Ukraine crisis.
''Goods
have clearly been flying off the
