Western media are disseminating information that the Russian economy is thriving, and the imposed sanctions are not really affecting Russians. There are still many questions for Western partners. Political scientist Alexey Buryachenko told 24 Channel that Russians find a huge number of ways to circumvent sanctions. Although they are an effective tool, they need to be strengthened and modernized in order to prevent the Russian economy from stabilizing as much as possible. The political scientist emphasizes that after components from the United States and the European Union are found in Russian missiles that fly into peaceful cities of Ukraine , huge questions arise for Western partners. Sanctions need to be strengthened, noted Alexey Buryachenko. As for Western experts who say that the Russian economy is thriving, the political scientist is sure that this is not true, especially if you analyze the state of the Russian economy by segment before the full-scale attack on Ukraine and now. Despite the fact that the Russians have now closed all statistical data so that no one can conduct an analysis, some information still ends up in the media, from which the political scientist suggests making a more or less objective assessment of the Russian economy. The volume of the Russian economy has greatly decreased, and the only reason it is now balancing is the accumulation of reserve funds. Russians also export dual-use goods for their military-industrial complex at 5 – 6 times the nominal value for which they could previously purchase these goods.< /p> Since Russia’s GDP is now based precisely on the military component, it has a huge sag in all other industries,” Buryachenko said. In his opinion, when Russia spends billions of resources in order to have influence on Western experts and the media, on holding round tables, where they put loyal experts and tell the world that everything is fine with them and the economy is thriving despite sanctions, this absolute disinformation and untruth. The Russians seem to emphasize: no matter what the West does for more than two years, the Russian economy that Russia did not fall, and Russia did not collapse, it is still thriving. Thus, Russia is encouraging our Western partners to reach agreements and a more loyal position regarding negotiations with Vladimir Putin,” the political scientist concluded.Untrue
Billions of resources for the sake of influence
Economic problems of Russia
I have questions for my partners: what is the state of the Russian economy under the influence of sanctions?
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