Vladimir Putin: Russian economy survives crisis, starts to grow

The Russian economy has survived the crisis and has started to grow, and the government has to support its dynamics, President Vladimir Putin said on Monday at a government meeting.

Economic Development Minister Maxim Oreshkin said at the meeting that the pessimistic view of the Russian economy was proven wrong and provided some macro statistics data to confirm growth of the economy.

“Everything that you have just said obviously tells us that the Russian economy has survived the crisis, it is gaining momentum, and we have to do everything possible to support it. We recently spoke about this at international forums, including the BRICS summit. And these dynamics bring results over time. Participants of economic activity and citizens will gradually start experiencing the positive factors that are happening in the economy,” Putin said.