If the recent spike in oil prices is sustained, it could add as much as 1.5% to real GDP growth in Russia this year. But while higher commodity prices may boost growth in the near term, they work against the structural reforms that are needed to raise growth over the medium term. Paradoxically, therefore, a period of lower oil prices may actually be in the country’s best medium-term interests.
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