According to him, thanks to a responsible and at the same time flexible macroeconomic policy, measures to support entrepreneurship and high-tech industries, the country managed to quickly overcome the crisis consequences.

“So, the economic growth by the end of the current year will be about 4%, well, I hope that it will be close to this,” the head of state said.

He called for these positive trends to be used to improve people's living standards.

Earlier, Putin said that in general, the consequences of the pandemic in Russia have been overcome, the economy has recovered.