Because of Western sanctions, Russia's economy will shrink by about half in the coming years.
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“The economy is on track to be cut in half in the coming years.”
- Said on
- 26 March 2022 · Speech at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland, on the effects of sanctions on Russia; the window "in the coming years" was not quantified.
- Source
- Remarks by President Biden on the United Efforts of the Free World to Support the People of Ukraine · The White House (archived)
- Should come true
- No date given
- How sure they sounded
- is on track to
- Categories
- EconomyGeopolitics
- Importance
- 3 of 5 · The size of Russia's economy determines its capacity to sustain the war and matters to the country's population.
Outcome
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"In the coming years" inferred as about 3 years (through 2025). Russia's real GDP fell only about 1.2-1.4% in 2022, then grew about 4.1% in 2023, 4.9% in 2024 and 1.0% in 2025 per Rosstat, so the economy was larger in 2025 than in 2021, nowhere near halved.
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