Russian dictator Vladimir Putin manipulates the facts about the state of the aggressor country's economy and tries to present it to citizens as “stable”.
This was reported by “URA-Inform” with reference to ISW.
However, in reality, the state of the Russian economy is much worse. As noted by experts from the American Institute for the Study of War, during a press conference on December 19, the head of the Kremlin noted that inflation in the country had reached 9.2-9.3%.
The dictator also blamed the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, which allegedly had incorrectly regulated interest rates. The Institute noted that the rate in Russia has already reached 21%. However, experts predict that it will rise further to 23%.
Experts say that Putin's attempts to shift responsibility to officials indicate his inability to acknowledge the impact of Western sanctions and economic pressure.
Putin claimed that Russia is capable of “standing on its own two feet” in terms of its economy, and noted that Russia remains one of the world's leading food exporters, while forgetting to mention Russia's continued illegal export of stolen grain from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. , – the report says.
Analysts added that Putin is manipulating economic data in order to hide the country's real economic problems from Russians.
Russians are also scattering metal “hedgehogs” on the roads of the Kherson region: the authorities have named the occupiers' goal.
