Former metals trader survived Russia's gangster wars but may not withstand collapsing markets and heavy debts, which he used to fund his company UC Rusal's expansion.
The European Union can withstand the collapse of the euro and the re-establishment of national currencies.
The committee may also recommend that banks be required to increase reserves even more during boom times, to as much as 16 percent of assets, so they are better prepared to withstand a collapse in confidence like the one that followed the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in 2008.
They did that, but although they are rated at 20 m.p.h. in city driving they could not withstand the collapse of the credit markets, the volatility of fuel prices and the social stigma, for some, of driving any large S.U.V. at a time of looming economic austerity.
Putin said Russia's economy had the reserves to withstand a collapse in oil revenues, but added: "We are considering all the scenarios including the so-called catastrophic fall of prices for energy resources, which is entirely possible and we admit it".
While it has stumbled in the past in areas like customer service and never gained a foothold selling computers to medium and large businesses, Gateway has withstood the collapse of most of its direct-selling PC counterparts.
The U.S. buys seats aboard Russian spacecraft -- thanks to the partnership that has withstood the collapse of the Soviet Union, the advent of the European Union, and the rise of China.
Youth registration remained steady, allowing the sport to withstand the economic collapse.
The maximum external pressure that the carcass layer can withstand before buckling collapse must be considered during pipe design.
But few emerging markets have reached a stage at which they can withstand a sustained collapse in the developed economies, much less serve as substitute engines of global growth.
Regulators were generally slower than in the United States to require banks to build up more capital after the global financial system all but froze up in the autumn of 2008 because those banks did not have the ability to withstand a sudden collapse in the market for mortgage-backed securities.
