Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the non-energy part of the Russian economy is growing at a better pace than before. He talked about this in an interview with VGTRK journalist Pavel Zarubin, part of which was published in his newspaper. telegram channel.
“The non-energy part of the economy is growing much faster than before,” the head of state said.
According to the president, the less dependent Russia is on energy, the better for it.
“We got more money when we sold it, maybe it was more fun,” the Russian leader said.
According to his assessment, the Russian economy is trying to cope with the loss of an energy consumer like Germany.
Shortly before that, Putin statedThe German economy is stable, he said, but is losing competitiveness without cheap energy from the Russian Federation. He also noted that even when energy resources were relatively cheap, they were still said to be “too expensive” in Germany.
Putin before reminded meThat Ukraine received “cash money” from Russia for gas transit.