© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Local resident Maria Komissarova, 29, holds Russian rouble coins and a 50-rouble banknote as she buys food at a supermarket in the Siberian town of Tara in the Omsk region, Russia, December 14, 2021. Picture taken December 14, 2021. REUTERS/Al
(Reuters) – Russia’s economy has shown resilience to Western sanctions, Economy Minister Maxim Reshetnikov said on Wednesday, expressing confidence that inflation in Russia will slow down further.
Russia has withstood the first hit from sanctions and it is impossible to isolate the country from abroad, Reshetnikov said.