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Russia has gone through eight years of continuing economic pain.

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Jeffrey Sachs
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 5
Economist
University Teacher
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Detroit
Michigan
Jeffrey David Sachs
Jeffrey D. Sachs
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