World Bank downgrades Russian economic growth forecast to 1%

This is reported by TASS.

“It is predicted that (economic. - RT) growth in Russia will slow to 1% in 2019,” the report said.

In June, the World Bank lowered its forecast for Russia's economic growth in 2019 from 1.4 to 1.2%. The agency also predicted a slowdown in the global economy to 2.6% in 2019.