Russia Is Returning to Growth. (Just in Time for an Election.) Russia’s economy is finally emerging from a difficult recession, just as President Vladimir V. Putin gears up for a presidential election. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:At War: How South Koreans Are Reckoning With a Changing American Military PresenceArgentina, a Nation Divided on AbortionDeath Toll Rises to 259 From Sunday's Quake in Indonesia's Lombok IslandAral Sea Dispatch: How a Disappearing Sea Became a Town’s Main Attraction3 Thai Cave Boys Get Citizenship, a Stroke of Luck for StatelessNorth and South Korea to Discuss Plans for a 3rd Summit