Mishustin: pressure on Russia is unlikely to ease

In the coming years, external pressure on Russia, but the government expects that in 2024 the period of adaptation of the Russian economy will end. This was announced by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin during a speech in the State Duma with a report on the work of the government in 2022.

“Let’s be realistic: external pressure on Russia will not ease. However, we expect that the adaptation period will end as early as 2024. Russia will embark on the path of long-term progressive development,” he said.

Mishustin noted that one of the government’s priorities in 2022 was meeting the economy’s need for financial resources and tools. According to him, the measures taken “allowed last year to give the economy new points of support.”

During his speech, Mishustin also indicated on the “strongest sanctions strike in the modern history of the country”, which was inflicted in 2022 on Russia and its people. The prime minister said that last year “a deep transformation of the world order began” and the movement towards multipolarity accelerated.

Mishustin called 2022 “the year of a difficult adaptation period,” adding that the Russian economy is now “back on a growth trajectory.” He noted that it is important to ensure the stability of the economy and use all resources “to make our country even stronger.”

In response to Russia’s special operation in Ukraine, Western countries have imposed large-scale sanctions against the Russian Federation. By words President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, the purpose of the restrictions is to “make suffering” the people of Russia and thereby destabilize society from the inside.

The head of state has repeatedly stressed that the West’s calculation of “crushing” the Russian economy has not materialized. On February 21, he said that the domestic economy was stronger than Western countries believed, and noted that domestic business was able to rebuild logistics and strengthen ties with “predictable partners.”