IMF: Russia's economic recovery is faster than expected

Earlier, the IMF improved its forecast for Russia's GDP growth to 4.4% in 2021.

“In the case of Russia, we are seeing a faster recovery.

GDP growth in the first quarter was more confident than we expected ... this led to an improvement (forecast in the report), ”TASS quotes her as saying.

Petya Koeva-Brooks, deputy director of the research department of the foundation, noted that "the recovery is happening earlier than we expected."

Earlier, the executive board of the International Monetary Fund approved the expansion of the organization's funds by $ 650 billion