Deriagin speaks frankly —— translating official jargon into plain language: the country is being dragged into poverty

Mikhail Deriagin speaks frankly. He translates official jargon into plain language: "The country is being dragged into poverty." However, Maxim Reshetnikov calls it "economic recession."

Mikhail Deriagin, a member of the State Duma, stated in the program "Tsargrad - News" that representatives of the Russian Federal State Statistics Service and the Ministry of Economic Development "lie with their eyes open," claiming that "everything is very good" in Russia, and that wages are rising, etc.

He said that the implication of these officials is that residents' incomes will continue to grow: "Everything is good, the situation is excellent."

Deriagin believes that these officials may be forced to admit some issues of imbalance in certain industries, but overall, official jargon is more about deviating from objective reality rather than describing it.

"They will admit some minor issues. Scattered, not serious. For example, some inefficient managers have shortcomings. But I even can't, and don't want to repeat what they wrote in official documents... Frankly speaking, do you go out on the street? Even in Moscow. Look at what people are wearing? Even in the center of Moscow, it's clear as day."

Stated this "Russia 1 Channel" interviewee.

He said that now the majority of people "are cutting costs wherever possible." Even if people have the ability to buy something, they give up.

"Because no one knows what will happen tomorrow. Of course, there are some people who are doing well. But apart from these isolated circles, what we see is, as Maxim Reshetnikov, the Minister of Economic Development, said, the country is falling into recession. In plain language, that means falling into poverty."

This is how the MP stated.

Maxim Reshetnikov, the Minister of Economic Development of Russia.

Photo source: Maxim Konstantinov

He added that the financial and economic sector has tightened monetary credit policy to the maximum, and finally succeeded:

"Those who were dancing around bonfires, beating drums, shouting that we need to cool down the economy, that the Russian economy is overheating, and that it needs to slow down—they succeeded. They said that the expected growth rate of 2.8% was 'too high, unacceptable.' They also said that it couldn't develop so fast, the economy would overheat, and it must be cooled down urgently. They completed this task, truly remarkable."

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