Emmanuel Macron says he doesn’t believe Russia’s GDP will shrink by just 2.2% in 2022
“Russia’s economy is suffering a lot“, the French president said today Emmanuel MacronSaying that “doesn’t believe” the “propaganda” of official statistics published by Moscow.
Asked on the sidelines of a visit to the Rungis market, near Paris, about official figures for Russia’s gross domestic product (GDP) to shrink by 2.2% in 2022, the French president replied: “They say it’s 2%, I say it’s much more.”
“They make money from the gas they sell to others, but the rest of the economy suffers a lot. So I don’t believe this evidence at all,” Macron said.
Russian statistics “are propaganda, this is about a country that is no longer a democratic, free country, with an independent (statistical) institute,” he said.
Russia’s GDP shrank by 2.2% in 2022 as the economy appeared to withstand the impact of tough Western sanctions after Moscow’s attack on Ukraine better than expected, according to data from Russia’s Rosstat statistics agency released yesterday. .
Macron also pointed out that “hundreds of thousands of young people (…) left to avoid conscription” and that Russians “missed many opportunities” economically.
Source :Skai
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