According to the results of the first nine months of 2022, the volume of exports of Russian goods to European Union (EU) countries increased one and a half times, despite international sanctions. Words of President Vladimir Putin opens newspaper “Kommersant”.
“An interesting observation: despite the sanctions, the deliveries of essential goods from Russia to EU countries increased 1.5 times in the first nine months of this year,” Putin said in his speech at the meeting of the Strategic Development and National Council. Projects.
In the January-September period of this year, Russia’s exports increased by 42%. During this period, foreign trade surplus in monetary terms amounted to 138 billion dollars, this figure increased by 2.3 times.
At the same time, at the moment EU countries continue to import Russian goods, but restrict the export of their own products to Russia. But Putin said such a trade imbalance “cannot continue indefinitely”.
December 15 Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke against the “bondage” of borrowing from abroad. According to him, the country has a “strong” balance of payments, thanks to which it is possible to do without borrowing from foreign banks.