The economy of oil-rich Russia could catch up with the rest of the world in about 10 years if the conditions are right, the country’s finance minister said. Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said the economy could grow at around 3 percent by 2025 provided policies are in place to support lower inflation, lower interest rates and a stable tax regime. “This is a very ambitious task, since we planned the growth from zero to 1.5 percent for three years ahead,” he was quoted by Russian news agency Tass as saying. “This is a new target, a new task.” The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis finds gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of […]