Reuters learned about the “serious problems” of Putin’s Russian economy of the Russian economy

According to Reuters interlocutors, the president expressed his disappointment with the economic situation in the country on the night of December 16 during a meeting with business leaders, in which he “scolded” senior officials, but at the same time praised businessmen.

One of the sources said that Putin recognizes the existence of pressure, which has Russia’s participation in a military operation, for example, the influence of a high key rate of the central bank in civil and industry companies.

The intense economic situation in Russia caused Russian elites to make a desire to solve the military operation through negotiations, the sources added. The agency recalled that earlier this week, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, threatened the Kremlin with additional sanctions and duties if I did not agree on the negotiations.

“Russia, of course, is economically interested in the diplomatic resolution of the conflict,” the former vice president of the Central Bank Oleg Vyugin told Reuters. He added that there is a risk of economic imbalances as military and defense costs increase.

When commenting on Reuters, Putin’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said the Russian economy, despite existing problems, is evaluated as stable and has a “security margin” (appointment for RBC).

“But the main thing is that the security margin of our economy allows not only to satisfy all military requirements to increase, not only the full social security level of the State, but that you know that we are a social state according to the Constitution. But Also taking into account inflation to produce the necessary timely indexation of the parameters of a series, ”said Peskov.