Growth of Russia's GDP were the lowest since 2002.

KommentariiZatormozili30.01.2009Rossiyskaya economy in 2009 will cease to rastiSploshnoy minus22.01.2009Stali basic projections are known to the Ministry of Economic Development 2009 godNominalny the gross domestic product (GDP) of Russia in 2008, according to preliminary estimates, was 41.54 trillion rubles, said in a press release Rosstat. In doing so, the GDP grew by 5.6 percent relative to the same period a year earlier. The growth of Russian economy in the past year has been minimal since 2002, when GDP grew only at 4.7 percent. In 2007, the country's economy grew by 8.1 per cent.
The highest growth rate for the year showed the construction, real estate, as well as hotel and restaurant business. These industries grew by 13,2, 10,3 and 9,9 percent respectively. This increase in the manufacturing sector slowed to 7.8 percent in 2007 to 0,9 percent in 2008-m. Extraction of minerals increased by 0,2 percent.
February 2, Ministry of Economic Development of Russia has published its own assessment of GDP growth last year, which coincided with the preliminary data Rosstat. According to authorities, the Russian economy in 2008 grew by 5.6 per cent. A few days earlier, the Ministry of Finance of Russia has given a preliminary estimate of GDP growth, according to which the economy grew by six percent.
According to the latest forecast Ministry, this year Russia's economy to shrink by 0.2 percent. Previously, agency suggested that the country's GDP in 2009 increased by 2,4 percent, and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said that Russia's economic growth will be close to zero.