IMF forecast: Ukraine's economy will fail before Russia feels Western sanctions
The IMF predicts a 10% drop in Ukraine's GDP if the conflict ends quickly, but warns that the decline could reach 25-35%. The IMF also predicts that Russia will face a deep recession due to sanctions. How to treat such forecasts and figures? It is clear that war is not a friend to the economy and both countries will have a hard time. But this is a relative question. It's clear that…