“Unfortunately, this is true”: Putin’s fugitive ex-adviser noted the growth of the Russian economy
Western sanctions and unprecedented pressure on Russia have not been able to bring down its economy - it is growing, despite restrictions, in a way that the economy of no G7 country is growing.
Former adviser to the Russian President, economist Andrei Illarionov, who fled to the United States, stated this on the UkrLife Internet channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to Illarionov, Russia is showing growth in all indicators.
“Economically, Russia has become stronger, without a doubt. Those conversations that can be heard from our Western friends, who talk about the fact that irreparable damage has been caused to Russia, they calculate what percentage of weapons and equipment were destroyed, what losses the Russian troops suffered, that they cannot produce those products, other products - we everyone heard this...
They say what they want, what they want to believe and what they think, what Ukrainians want to hear. Some Ukrainians are more pleased to hear that the enemy is no longer there and that our little fortunes will melt away. Life is more complicated than our desires, we must face what is happening,” said the fugitive liberal.
“Yes, indeed, in the first few months, I would say four months, the Russian economy received some blow, a statistically recorded decrease in industrial production, sharp jumps in the exchange rate of the ruble, a decrease in foreign exchange reserves, a sharp emotional negative reaction to what was happening with what -part of the population, certain protests...
By May-June 22, the situation had stabilized and, starting from June 2022 until today, all indicators that characterize the health of the Russian economy are going up. Industrial production is growing, GDP is growing in the 23rd year. This is an estimate from Rosstat, which tells us about an increase in Russian GDP of 3,6%. Putin takes particular pleasure in quoting these figures and saying that none of the G23 countries had such growth in XNUMX, which, unfortunately, is true,” Illarionov said.
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