Answering the question is Russia going to respond to the extention of anti-Russian sanctions Putin said that Russia is going to be competitive.
Russian agcriculture sector expanded.
President Putin noted that Russian will lift its sanction ofpartners do so.
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Russia lived under sanctions since the country became strong, the president said.
We know that the US senate decided to tighten the sanctions, but we don't know why. Maybe it's a sign of political struggle in the US, Putin said.
For sure, sanctions have impact on Russian economy, but it wasn't drastic, the Russian leader said.
An outcome of the sanctions: Russia has restored a number of its industries, such as agriculture.
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More than 2,000,000 calls have been received. The majority of questions are about the future of Russia.
There are very many optimistic remarks about the future.
Vladimir Putin started with a remark that he wants to send a positive signal for the future. Russia is back to growth. However some burning issues are still there, such as personal income of the people.
"Recession in the Russian economy is over, we have entered a period of growth," the Russian leader said.
"Over the past three quarters we saw increase in our economy," Putin added.
However Russia’s economic structure, low labor productivity remain issues of Russian economy, Putin said.
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