Where are these numbers coming from? Are these self-reported by Russian economists?
I am very hesitent when looking at data from Iran/Russia and China unless it is reported by an unbiased 3rd party. To be fair, the same goes with any government reported data from the western world as well lol.
All figures come from national institutes that are more or less audited. It is right to be critical of data from government agencies. But it's a typical mistake that many make, that they don't realize that these are series of figures that tend to make sense - we have to work with the material that is presented to us, otherwise we can't orient ourselves at all.
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