MOSCOW, July 5 Russia's economy continues to recover despite sanctions, GDP growth for the five months of this year amounted to 0.6%, said the Prime Minister Russian Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
«The country's economy continues, I would even say, to recover confidently, despite the sanctions, despite all the obstacles placed in our country. Just now, while preparing for you, I looked at the numbers — for five months today our GDP growth amounted to 0 .6%. But, what is very important, May to May is 5.4%,» Mishustin said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
He added that today the government is confident that, in the absence of force majeure, by the end of the year, GDP growth should exceed 2%.
