The fall of the Russian economy in 2022, according to the basic version of the forecast of the Ministry of Economic Development, will be 8.8%, according to the conservative – 12.4%, inflation in 2022 is estimated in the basic script of 20.7%, in 2023 – above 6 %, said the head of the Accounts Chamber Alexei Kudrin during a meeting of the Council of Legislators on Wednesday.
Kudrin noted that this crisis can be more significant than the 2009 crisis (the Russian GDP in 2009 fell by 7.8%), more than the pandemic crisis (the Russian GDP in 2020 decreased by 2.7%), reports “Interfax”.
“We must all feel today that we have reached a new line now: the end of the year and the next year, that is, for almost one and a half to two years we will live in a very difficult situation. Therefore, it is very important to evaluate our forces and resources” , – emphasized Kudrin.