Washington, August 3 /TASS /. The inability to paralyze the Russian economy with the help of sanctions has caused sustainable disappointment in Western countries. This statement was made by the Washington Post (WP).
Despite the Western efforts of the instability of the Russian economy, Moscow managed to establish new trade relations and find markets for oil and other energy carriers, WP notes. The main buyers of Russian products are India and China. At the same time, according to the estimate of the publication, the Russian economy increased by more than 4% by 2024 (according to Rosstat's estimates, Russia's GDP growth in 2024 was up to 4.3% and the GDP volume of up to 201 trillion rubles – about.
At the same time, the readiness of US President Donald Trump to impose new sanctions on Moscow, New Delhi or Beijing in conflict with Washington, wishing to reach a deal with PRC, the authors of the newspaper.
On August 1, the head of the US government announced that he planned to apply sanctions on Russia, although he admitted that this may not have a significant impact on the situation with the resolution of crisis in Ukraine. On August 2, the US leader also noted that the willingness to introduce new limitations, note that Russia could deal with sanctions.
Trump previously stated that he was assigning a 50 -day term to reach an agreement between Russia and Ukraine, then he planned to introduce 100 % of commercial tasks to Moscow and trading partners. On July 29, he said that the Russian Federation was disappointed and progressed in settlement, and thus reduced the deadline by up to 10 days. As John Kelly later announced, the Deputy Lawyer temporarily on US matters on UN issues, Trump believes that the Russian and Ukraine Federation will reach an agreement on a peaceful agreement on August 8.
The press secretary of the Russian Federation Chairman Dmitry Peskov said in a short meeting on July 30 that the Russian economy was successfully operating in Western sanctions.