Ridding the economy of these distortions is a major goal of the Gref plan and recent statements from Kasyanov and Putin on the detrimental effect of subsidies also support this view.

• 这个说法，跟当时世界银行和联合国等机构发表的文章所说的俄国搞的名不副实的经济建设和经济改革，是一回事。