Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said that the gross domestic product (GDP) of the Russian Federation will decrease by 2.7% in 2022. About informs Hit the lining.
“We’re not talking about double-digit numbers. The decline in GDP will be 2.7% in 2022. A decrease is likely in 2023,” he said.
According to him, the authorities will do everything to ensure that the GDP enters a positive growth trajectory next year.
“But so far, a minus is expected according to our estimates,” said Siluanov.
The day before, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin declarationAccording to the results of 11 months of 2022, the GDP of the Russian Federation decreased by only 2%. More than 2% over the previous year. Mishustin emphasized that the negative forecasts of foreign experts regarding the Russian economy did not materialize.
Former Russian President Vladimir Putin acceptedBy the end of 2022, the decrease in GDP could be as high as 2.5%. That’s 0.4 percentage points less than the president’s previous estimate of GDP. Putin stressed that this is not the collapse of the Russian economy, not a 20 percent drop in GDP.