Fact-checking

Is it true that by the end of 2022, Russia has become the first economy in Europe and the fifth in the world?

Russian President V.Putin said: "According to the results of 2022, Russia has become one of the five largest economies in the world and has overtaken the Federal Republic of Germany in purchasing power parity, in terms of economic volume" (at the Council for Strategic Development and National Projects on August 22, 2023);
"The largest number of sanctions that are applied in the world are applied against Russia. And we have become the first economy in Europe during this time" (in an interview with T. Carlson on February 6, 2024).

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