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...print more money," says TIME's Andrew Keith. That would cover the debt, but reintroduce the specter of inflation. Higher inflation would further jeopardize payments from the International Monetary Fund, which is already holding the latest installment of a $10 billion loan. That money is in limbo to spur Russia to improve its terrible tax-collection system, which has only recovered 63 percent of projected taxes this year. "People find all sorts of ways to avoid paying taxes, in part because the tax agency is understaffed and in part because of the corruption problem," notes Keith. -->