Russia is changing from a "gas station" into a self-sufficient country with a processing production, which makes up 43% in the economy s, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
The Kremlin said on Thursday that it expected the West to impose ever tougher sanctions on it over the war in Ukraine but that there was a growing sense.
The Kyiv School of Economics has recently released a report on the state of Russia's economy as of October 2023. The report indicates that the Russians have adapted to life under sanctions and are managing to circumvent restrictions and even generate income amid high oil prices.
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