{"id":281961,"date":"2026-02-09T10:10:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/281961\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T10:10:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:10:32","slug":"russias-economic-growth-slowed-to-1-in-2025-putin-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/281961\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia\u2019s Economic Growth Slowed to 1% in 2025, Putin Says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russia\u2019s economy grew by one percent in 2025, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, marking a much slower expansion compared to the 2024 figure as it stutters under the burden of the Ukraine war.<\/p>\n

Huge spending on its army fighting in Ukraine has initially spurred growth and helped Moscow buck predictions of economic collapse after it launched its offensive in 2022.<\/p>\n

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But the ramped-up spending pushed up inflation, weighing on real growth, while businesses have railed against high borrowing costs introduced to rein in the rise in prices.<\/p>\n

\u201cRussia\u2019s GDP grew by one percent last year. This is lower than the dynamics observed earlier, as we are well aware: in 2023 and 2024, growth was 4.1 percent and 4.3 percent, respectively,\u201d Putin told a government meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we also know that this slowdown was not simply expected, one could even say it was man-made: it was connected with targeted measures to reduce inflation,\u201d Putin added.<\/p>\n

He said the inflation \u201chad been reduced to 5.6 percent\u201d last year, compared to 9.5 percent a year prior.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In December, Russia\u2019s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate to 16 percent as inflation showed signs of slowing down.<\/p>\n

But state statistics agency Rosstat said last year it expected annual inflation to ease to the four-percent target only in 2027.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe task is clear: we need to restore the growth rate of the domestic economy, improve the business climate, and increase investment activity with a focus on increasing labour productivity,\u201d Putin said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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