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Russian economy ‘won’t be as it was,’ central banker says

Russian Minister of Economic Development Maksim Reshetnikov speaks during a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 16, 2022. Reshetnikov told the forum that the current prognosis is for Russia's gross domestic product to fall by 7.8% this year, but "in the last month there's been a wave of improving assessments and prognoses." (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) Governor of the Tula Region Alexei Dyumin, left, and Denis Pushilin, the leader of the Donetsk People's Republic shake hands after signing an agreement on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) Governor of the Tula Region Alexei Dyumin, left, and Denis Pushilin, the leader of the Donetsk People's Republic shake hands after signing an agreement on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) Denis Pushilin, the leader of the Donetsk People's Republic, center, walks to journalists on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) Denis Pushilin, the leader of the Donetsk People's Republic speaks to the media on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) The head of Russian Central Bank Elvira Nabiulina gestures while speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) Head of the Russian Central Bank Elvira Nabiulina smiles on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) Russian Minister of Economic Development Maksim Reshetnikov speaks during a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) Russia's Finance Minister Anton Siluanov speaks on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) From left: Russian Economic Development Minister Maxim Oreshkin, the head of Russian Central Bank Elvira Nabiulina, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, and Russian Minister of Economic Development Maksim Reshetnikov attend a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) The head of Russian Central Bank Elvira Nabiulina, center, Russia's Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, right, and Russian Economic Development Minister Maxim Oreshkin attend a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) The head of Russian Central Bank Elvira Nabiulina gestures while speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)