Russian finance minister says economy will recover in 2010. - Although the green shoots of recovery are still fragile, the Russian finance minister Alexey Koudrine is forecasting that the country will return to growth in 2010, despite a sharp fall in the price of fossil fuels, which account for half of Russia's foreign currency earnings. In 2009, after two disastrous quarters when GDP slumped by nearly 11% in annual terms, Russia is expected to emerge from recession in the third quarter....