Finance Minister names Russias ally alongside army and navy

Fiscal stability is key to economic growth and peoples well-being, Anton Siluanov has said

Fiscal stability is a key "ally" of Russia, alongside the country's army and navy, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told a forum in Moscow on Thursday.

The remark was a nod to the saying "Russia has only two allies: its army and its navy," most famously attributed to Tsar Alexander III, which reflects