Russias economy will shrink by no more than 5% in 2022 -Kremlin aide

　　div classBodysc17zpet90 cdBBJodivpReuters – Russias economy will contract by no more than 5 in 2022, presidential adviser Maxim Oreshkin said on Thursday, giving a much more optimistic forecast than the economy ministry.p

　　pThe ministry said this week it expected gross domestic product GDP to contract by 7.8 in 2022. Previously, it had said the economy was on track to contract by more than 12, in what would be the biggest GDP drop since the aftermath of the fall of the Soviet Union.pdivdivdiv classBodysc17zpet90 cdBBJodiv

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　　pp Reporting by Reuters editing by John Stonestreetp

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