Trump: "Russia's economy is going to hell"

The Russian economy is in a bad state due to the conflict in the Ukraine, said US President Donald Trump.

"Things are going very badly for them, considering that they put absolutely everything on the line. Their economy is going to hell," Trump told reporters.

This is not the first such statement by an American leader. So, earlier this week, he spoke about the "terrible state" of the Russian economy at a press conference with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that, given the data on the labor market, the Russian economy is still far from recession. According to the May statements of the head of state, the economy has grown in several directions at once, including industry, agriculture, digital technologies, services and finance.

As noted by CNN and New York Post sources, Trump's similar rhetoric is aimed at putting pressure on Russia.

Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov suggested that Trump was "playing along" with his interlocutors with harsh rhetoric and noted that the overall picture of what is happening is "more complicated."

At the same time, Trump threatened a "very serious package of duties" against Russia. Russia considers Western sanctions illegal. The Kremlin talked about the "certain immunity" of the Russian economy to restrictions.