Russia's economy in 2024 is expected to grow by 3.2%, outpacing the US, Germany, the UK, and Japan, according to the IMF.
It's not quite a Mission Accomplished moment - the equivalent of that day in 2003 when George W Bush stood on an aircraft carrier and prematurely declared the Iraq war was over.
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