UPDATE 1-Sanctions fail to stem finance for Russian corporates
November 23, 2015 at 04:46 AM EST
MOSCOW/LONDON, Nov 20 (IFR) - US and European sanctions are inadvertently providing a boost to the same Russian companies they are supposed to punish, with some in Russia boasting the restrictions have triggered a reworking of the local financial system that has made access to funding cheaper and easier.