Russia's current account surplus jumped to an all-time high of $96 billion, four times more than in the same period in 2021, according to the publication.
At the same time, the final balance of operations with goods and services shows an even "more serious gap" - $ 106 billion, three times more than last year.
The amount of additional funds that Russia received almost reached $ 300 billion - the sum of the assets of the Russian Central Bank and foreign exchange reserves, which the West froze after the start of the special operation in Ukraine, according to the material translated by InoTV.
“Now the best strategy for Russia is to play long.
Putin can slow down his offensive a little, play for time and wait for a favorable moment when he can finance the next stage of the military operation.
Perhaps Putin is facing difficulties in his military operation.
But I don't think he's losing the economic war."
As Deutsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten noted earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin was right when he said that the West's economic blitzkrieg against Russia had failed because Moscow was "well prepared for an economic war."
The British magazine The Economist also wrote that the Russian economy is showing resilience despite unprecedented sanctions from the West.
According to the publication, currency control measures and the high key rate of the Central Bank made it possible to strengthen the ruble to the levels that could be observed before the start of the operation to protect Donbass.