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Putin warns against 'economic selfishness'

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has urged countries to avoid sliding into isolationism or "economic selfishness" as a result of the global financial crisis.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, he also warned against ''excessive interference'' of the state in business.

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