Russia stands ready to support the eurozone overcome its debt crisis, presidential aide Arkady Dvorkovich said in a January 23 article in The Financial Times’ Guide to the Davos World Economic Forum. 

He also outlined Russia’s priorities going into the World Economic Forum and suggested that hope for a global recovery lies with emerging markets.  

Below are the main points from Mr. Dvorkovich’s piece:  

I have always been fascinated by Russia and was fortunate to learn about the current state of U.S.-Russia relations in Moscow through my participation in the Kremlin Fellows Program. At 22 years old, having never traveled outside of North America, I was very excited to be nominated for the prestigious fellowship by Senator Carl Levin and later selected by the Russian government. I was part of a delegation of 15 undergraduate and graduate student leaders from various disciplines across the U.S.

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