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Sweden’s Finance Minister: Russia's Economy Darkens Amid Sanctions

1/23/2025

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Sweden's Finance Minister, Elisabeth Svantesson, painted a grim picture of Russia's economy, revealing that nighttime satellite images show a dimmer Moscow in 2023 than in 2021. She challenged the Kremlin's narrative of resilience, pointing to troubling inflation rates and capital flight as signs of deepening economic turmoil amid ongoing Western sanctions.

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Sweden's Finance Minister, Elisabeth Svantesson, painted a grim picture of Russia's economy, revealing that nighttime satellite images show a dimmer Moscow in 2023 than in 2021. She challenged the Kremlin's narrative of resilience, pointing to troubling inflation rates and capital flight as signs of deepening economic turmoil amid ongoing Western sanctions.