According to Bloomberg author Anna Andrianova, the new anti-Russian restrictions that the Biden administration and allies are discussing could have an impact on the ruble, inflation or the investment climate in the country.
At the same time, these measures are not capable of provoking such a drop in indicators as in 2014.
The article notes that Moscow managed to reduce the public debt to one of the lowest values among the major economies in the world and achieve a budget surplus.
In addition, Russia is reducing dependence on the dollar by converting settlements and savings into other currencies.
“Russia is much better prepared for sanctions than before, at least in terms of macro indicators,” Natalya Lavrova, senior economist at BCS, told the agency.
In October 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview with CNBC, noted that the dollar was undermining its position as a world reserve currency, and the volume of settlements in dollars was declining.
The Kremlin called the US sanctions behavior unpredictable.