Alexei Pushkov, head of the Federation Council’s commission on information policy and interaction with the media, said that in 2023, the growth of the Russian economy, which is the most sanctioned country in the world, is predicted. inside that telegraph channel He pointed out that some Western states that introduced restrictive measures against Moscow had the opposite situation.
“Paradoxes of Western sanctions: 2023 forecast for Germany: – 0.1% of GDP, for the UK: – 0.3%. The forecast for Russia, the world’s most sanctioned country, is +0.7%, the same as France and Italy. The question is, who was sanctioned,” wrote Pushkov.
As the Senator points out, against the background of projected GDP declines in Germany and the United Kingdom, you get the feeling that it is these two states that have come under restrictive measures, not Russia.
In the joint statement made by the finance ministers and the heads of the central banks of the G7 countries, the states that are included in the group will continue to introduce Sanctions against Russia and prevent their circumvention.