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Russia’s economy appears to have contracted in Q1

March’s activity data show that although the crisis in Ukraine and the first round of Western sanctions have not caused Russia’s economy to collapse, annual growth has still slowed substantially and output may have contracted in quarter-on-quarter terms in Q1. What’s more, with the crisis in Ukraine escalating, worse could be yet to come.

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