Expert invited to the Russia's top TV show run by Vladimir Solovyov paints a rather grim picture of the state of their economy - from 2013 real economic growth in Russia did not exceed 2%, then it slightly more, but still staying well behind the global economy. Then he goes on to the economy following 2022 invasion on Ukraine - which he only alludes to, speaking of "difficult moments for economy" - talking about tens of thousands of small and medium companies going bankrupt in Russia. Denis Kazansky, Ukrainian journalist who found this particular program, ironically commented on this by asking a rhetorical question how does it all play with what Putin said for years about the incredible growth of Russian economy under sanctions, boasting that they have no impact or even that they are actually a stimulating factor? How does it play with what the same Solovyov was saying for years about "decaying Europe" and boasting about Russia's economic growth, in recent years secured exclusively by manufacturing of weapons while others sectors collapse?