Russia is optimistic on growth but still 'far from where we want to be,' former deputy PM says
September 07, 2018 at 03:44 AM EDT
Economic growth in Russia hovers just under 2 percent annually, a pickup from the 0.7 percent average of the last 10 years but a far cry from the 6.9 percent average of the decade before that — and still a way from the current world average of around 3.5 percent.