“Total output, which the Russian Central Bank estimates may rise as much as 2.5% this year, could outpace the European Union and possibly even the United States,” the NYT noted.

Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine Russia’s economy adapted to the dramatic changes with “astonishing speed,” they wrote.

According to the article, the West's “punishing” restrictions have in reality only helped Russia restructure its economy as the country “pumped money” into various industries at a rapid pace “putting almost every available worker into a job and raising the size of weekly paychecks.”


Another foreign policy flop. Now our buddies in the EI aren’t going to have the money for NATO, so we’ll have to keep paying. It’s going to cost us just like it’s costing them.