“Our economy is growing, unlike other economies, and today has become the largest in Europe, number one in Europe. And in terms of purchasing power parity, in terms of economic volume, it became the first in Europe, fifth in the world,” the head of state said. His words are quoted by TASS.

This process will increase, he is sure.

As noted by the head of the Ministry of Economic Development, Maxim Reshetnikov, analysts in the West are less and less aware of how things really are in the Russian economy: they do not take into account the significant changes in the processes taking place in it.

The International Monetary Fund has revised its assessment of Russia's economic development towards improvement and predicted the country's GDP growth.