Volodin spoke about the effectiveness of the Russian economy under sanctions

The economic model and political system created by Russian President Vladimir Putin have shown their effectiveness in the face of sanctions pressure. About it declared State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin in his Telegram channel.

“In the past year, Washington and Brussels predicted the collapse of our country’s economy: inflation over 100%, the exchange rate of 200 rubles per dollar, a fall in GDP by 25%. Their plans failed. Despite the unprecedented pressure and the imposition of more than 13,000 sanctions against our country, the political system created by our President and the economic model survived, proving its effectiveness,” the message says.

Meanwhile, inflation in Russia in annual terms is 12.19%, while in Hungary it is at the level of 23.1%, in Latvia – 21.7%, in Lithuania – 21.4%. In addition, in December fixed the lowest unemployment rate since 1991 – 3.7%, the speaker of the State Duma noted.

Volodin also noted that the record was also set in the field of road construction and the commissioning of new housing, which amounted to 100 million square meters. m. In addition, in 2022, a record 150 million tons of grain were harvested.

Russia’s special operation in Ukraine began on February 24. Russian President Vladimir Putin called the protection of the inhabitants of Donbass, as well as the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, its goals. In response, Western countries imposed large-scale sanctions against Russia and began to provide military assistance to Ukraine.