Russia has tools to maintain financial stability -Finance Minister

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said the government and central bank had the tools to maintain financial stability and would use them if necessary.

Russia's economy had demonstrated it was stable in the face of past sanctions as well as fluctuations in the oil price, he said in a statement.

A new round of U.S. sanctions sent Russian markets sharply lower on Thursday.

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