🇷🇺 Russia's economy has performed better than the West expected, according to The Economist

▪️Anti-Russian sanctions have proved really tough, but Russia has achieved a record current account surplus of $220 billion this year - double what it was a year earlier," The Economist has reported.

▪️The inflow of foreign currency has helped Russia finance imports. Many Western firms have stopped selling goods and services to Russia. But companies in other parts of the world are happy to help: the Chinese, for example, have already stepped up. And Turkey appears to have become an intermediary for Western companies to circumvent sanctions. After the sharp spring slump, Russian imports have largely recovered.

▪️Real economic data show a worrying picture for the West: the Russian economy is in better shape than the West expected when it imposed its sanctions, while Europe, stifled by sky-high energy prices, is sliding into recession, concludes The Economist.

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According to @Boris_Rozhin, the Russian Armed Forces launched a rocket attack on a police station in Ukrainian-occupied Krasnyy Liman overnight. They hit personnel in the building and various wheeled vehicles.

Also tonight, an Iskander missile struck an AFU barracks with personnel in the Chernigov region. There are reports of a significant number of dead and wounded. The local gauleiter reported that there was no warning of the strike, so the personnel did not have time to leave the barracks.

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