The International Monetary Fund has estimated that Russia’s potential growth rate—the rate at which it could grow without courting inflation—was around 3.5% before 2014, the year it seized Crimea from Ukraine. That has now fallen to around 1%, some economists say, as productivity declines and the economy becomes technologically backward and more isolated."[https://www.wsj.com/articles/russias-economy-is-starting-to-come-undone-431a2878] [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 01:12, July 2, 2023 (EDT) | The International Monetary Fund has estimated that Russia’s potential growth rate—the rate at which it could grow without courting inflation—was around 3.5% before 2014, the year it seized Crimea from Ukraine. That has now fallen to around 1%, some economists say, as productivity declines and the economy becomes technologically backward and more isolated."[https://www.wsj.com/articles/russias-economy-is-starting-to-come-undone-431a2878] [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 01:12, July 2, 2023 (EDT) |