Russian [[GDP]] nominally rose more than any [[G7]] country in 2023. The average Russian household ended the year with about 18% more money in the [[bank]] than a year earlier. Sberbank, Russia’s largest state-controlled bank, posted a 5.5-fold year-on-year net profit jump to a record high of 1.5 trillion rubles (USD $16.3 billion). The defense industry employs 3.5 million people and many factories have doubled their workforce since the beginning of the [[SMO]]. | Russian [[GDP]] nominally rose more than any [[G7]] country in 2023. The average Russian household ended the year with about 18% more money in the [[bank]] than a year earlier. Sberbank, Russia’s largest state-controlled bank, posted a 5.5-fold year-on-year net profit jump to a record high of 1.5 trillion rubles (USD $16.3 billion). The defense industry employs 3.5 million people and many factories have doubled their workforce since the beginning of the [[SMO]]. |