“Now it is clear to everyone that we have entered a recession, which is just as terrible or even worse than in 2009. We expect recovery in 2021, a significant recovery, ”TASS quoted her as saying.
She emphasized that this can only happen if "we can cope with the virus around the world and prevent liquidity problems."
Earlier, the IMF said it expected a recession in the global economy in 2020 due to COVID-19.
At the same time, they noted that recovery can occur in 2021.
On March 26, Russian leader Vladimir Putin, during a speech at the G20 summit, emphasized that the situation with coronavirus would turn out to be more serious problems than the financial crisis of 2008-2009.