The West failed to arrange a trade blockade of Russia: Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that Moscow has significantly increased its trade turnover with friendly countries. writes about this TASS.
“We managed to stop Western attempts to organize a blockade of Russia’s foreign trade. “The trade turnover with friendly countries has not only grown, but today it has reached a level comparable to Russia’s trade volume with the whole world four years ago,” he said.
According to the Prime Minister, one of Russia’s priorities is now to expand commercial ties with friendly countries.
He noted that the decrease in trade turnover with European Union countries led to the share of countries friendly to the Russian Federation increasing to 77 percent. Thus, trade volumes with China, United Arab Emirates, India, Turkey, Belarus, Latin America, Kazakhstan and Africa increased.
Mishustin in his speech before the deputies of the State Duma reportedRussia’s GDP growth in 2023 is 3.6%, which is twice the average of developed economies, he said.
Previously Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska said About the possible future of the Russian economy in five years.