Europe shouldn’t fear the economic fallout of deteriorating ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Norway ’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg said. “Russia isn’t such a large economy so it doesn’t have that big an impact on our European economy,” Solberg, 53, said yesterday in an interview at her office in Oslo. While sanctions and counter sanctions have hurt primarily the fishing industry, there’s still “good growth in Norway,” she said. Europe has watched its economic growth slow as Russia’s handling of Ukraine poisons trade relations. Norway, which isn’t a European Union member, backs U.S. and EU economic sanctions that have pushed Russia’s $2 trillion economy to the brink of recession. Investors have responded by pulling capital, sending Russia’s benchmark Micex index down 6.7 percent this year. Russia has retaliated with its own trade bans, including stopping salmon imports from Norway, the world’s largest salmon exporter. Norwegian salmon farmers shipped […]