THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND HAS DOWNGRADED ITS FORECASTS FOR THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY FOR THE THIRD TIME THIS YEAR
According to the new, January IMF assessment, in 2026, the Russian GDP will increase by only 0.8% — 0.2 percentage points less than the fund expected in October, and 0.4 percentage points less than the forecast that the IMF gave in January 2025. As a result, in the current year, the Russian economy will grow…