Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared that Russia has overcome its economic decline, during a meeting of Russia’s Direct Investment Fund Council on Thursday.
The Russian leader issued an optimistic message on Russia’s economy even though the International Monetary Fund estimates the country will remain in recession at least until the end of the year, with the economy already having contracted by 3.7 percent in 2015.
A recent poll showed that 82 percent of Russians believed the country was in an economic crisis right now and 41 percent predicted it would last at least another two years, if not much longer. …read more
Source: Newsweek
