Russian President’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian Federation under sanctions will develop “at the pace of France”. He explained that during speeches marathon “Knowledge”.
According to him, the IMF gives the same forecasts for Russia and France for 2023 – GDP growth of 0.7%.
In other words, Russia, which carries the unprecedented burden of sanctions on its shoulders, will develop at the same pace as France.
Formerly the International Monetary Fund (IMF) got worse It raised its global economic growth forecast for 2023 to 2.8%. Information on this is included in the organization’s new report.
The fund’s experts raised their forecast of gross domestic product (GDP) growth for 2024 to 0.3%. Both figures are down 0.1 percentage points from the organization’s January forecast.
The IMF has forecasted global GDP growth of 3.4% for 2022.
On April 11, the IMF raised Russia’s 2023 GDP growth forecast to 0.7%, worsening its growth prospects for 2024 to 1.3%.