The "real situation" in Russia's economy is bad, Russian economist Igor Lipsits told Reuters.
AdvertisementThe Kremlin has been painting a rosy picture of the country's economy even amid a swathe of Western sanctions — but "the real situation is bad," Igor Lipsits, a prominent Russian economist, told Reuters.
Official rosy pronouncements on the Russian economy are not a good gauge of how the Russian economy is doing because authorities are just trying to make the Kremlin happy, Lipsits added.
"A large part of the Russian population have very low wages," Lipsits told the news agency.
Lipsits told Reuters he expects economic stagnation — at the very least — and a serious slump after the country's presidential election in March.
Persons:
Igor Lipsits, —, Lipsits, Vladimir Putin
Organizations:
Reuters, Service, Business, HSE University
Locations:
Russian, Ukraine, Russia