Alisher Usmanov, Russian billionaire and owner of USM Holdings Ltd., speaks to a fellow billionaire at a meeting of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) during Russia Business Week in Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, March 20, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, facing the weakest economic outlook in four years and forecasts of surging capital outflows, is defying Western threats of sanctions and pressing ahead with plans to absorb Crimea, a predominantly Russian-speaking region that houses the Black Sea Fleet. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images
