The talk of a collapse of Russia is nothing more than vicious fraud, says Leonid Radzikhovsky.
He took a four-shot lead over Dave Hill into the final round, and despite bogeys at the 7th and 8th, he made a long birdie putt at 9 to quell any talk of a collapse.
His comments highlight the depth of the eurozone debt crisis as talk of a collapse of the currency union has until now been regarded as taboo at the central bank.