MOSCOW, June 18 - RIA Novosti/Prime. The Russian economy sufficiently robust to Western sanctions, despite the reduction potential of its increase, said the head of the Central Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina.

"penalties really bad for everyone who is affected by them, they destroy traditional trade ties, they reduce the development potential of the economy, the potential for increasing jobs," - said Nabiullina.

in her expressions, the Russian Economy is quite stable and can survive any situation.

"and we have accumulated buffers, and gold reserves, we have introduced a floating exchange rate, in order to absorb various shocks ", - said the head of the CBR.


Western countries since March 2014 several times already imposed penalties because Russia's position on Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices were the limits imposed in March 2015, when expanded sanctions List of the USA. In addition, the summit "the Big seven" in Bavaria it was decided to extend the punishment against Russia, and the United States considering the introduction of a new.

The list of Russian citizens and organizations who have fallen under the punishment - in the material of the Fins news

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