– Your country is suffering because of this conflict, isn’t it? And there’s no end in sight. Maybe being here in London, in this gorgeous setting, you just broke away from reality?

– I’ve been home a few times recently. And I didn’t see any decline there. Quite the opposite. By the way, any journalist who would like to go there can personally verify this. No decline. The economy has recovered, and at the end of last year showed growth and continues to grow. Certainly faster than the economy of the G7 or the European Union. We are among the Top 10 countries in terms of production volume. By the way, we took your place there – the seventh. And the United Kingdom is out of the top ten altogether.

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