LONDON - Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that his country is now Europe’s largest economy despite efforts by Western governments to “strangle” it over the war in Ukraine.
“It seems that we are being strangled and pressured from all sides, but in terms of the volume of the economy as a whole, we have become No. 1 in Europe,” Mr Putin told a Jan 11 gathering of business people in Khabarovsk, a city in Russia’s far eastern Siberia.
Already a subscriber? Log in
Read the full story and more at $9.90/month
Get exclusive reports and insights with more than 500 subscriber-only articles every month
ST One Digital
$9.90/month
No contract
ST app access on 1 mobile device
Unlock these benefits
All subscriber-only content on ST app and straitstimes.com
Easy access any time via ST app on 1 mobile device
E-paper with 2-week archive so you won't miss out on content that matters to you
