According to Russia’s official statistics agency, production of vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers was more than 50 per cent higher in June than in the same month of 2022. Meanwhile, the central bank reports that, in the first quarter of this year, shortages of workers at industrial enterprises were at their most acute since records began in 1998. The central bank also estimates annualised inflation over the past three months at 7.6 per cent, well above its 4 per cent a year target.Naturally, we have to treat official economic data in President Vladimir Putin’s Russia with considerable caution. But the picture painted by these three indicators is probably not far from the truth. Eighteen months after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia displays many classic symptoms of a wartime economy, such as inflation, labour shortages, rising government expenditure and deficit financing.
根据俄罗斯官方统计机构的数据，6月份该国汽车、挂车和半挂车的产量较2022年同期增长逾50%。与此同时，俄罗斯央行报告，今年第一季度，工业企业的工人短缺达到自1998年有记录以来的最严重水平。俄罗斯央行还估计，过去3个月的年化通胀率为7.6%，远高于4%的年化目标。