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Russia’s GDP decline in Q1 2026 seen at 0.2% — Federal Statistics Service

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What to know about Russia’s GDP decline in Q1 2026 seen at 0.2% — Federal Statistics Service

The Federal Statistics Service (Rosstat) provided a preliminary estimate showing a 0.2% year-on-year decline in Russia's GDP for the first quarter of 2026. This follows a 1% growth estimate for 2025 and a slightly steeper 0.5% decline forecast by the Bank of Russia for the same period.

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What happened

Russia’s GDP in January-March 2026 will decline by 0.2% year-on-year, according to a preliminary estimate by the Federal Statistics Service (Rosstat).

Why it matters

Earlier Rosstat confirmed its estimate of Russian GDP growth in 2025 at 1%.

Common ground

Earlier the Bank of Russia estimated the decline of Russian GDP in the first quarter of 2026 at 0.5% year-on-year, which is below its February forecast.

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The Federal Statistics Service (Rosstat) provided a preliminary estimate showing a 0.2% year-on-year decline in Russia's GDP for the first quarter of 2026. This follows a 1% growth estimate for 2025 and a slightly steeper 0.5% decline forecast by the Bank of Russia for the same period.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The regulator expects GDP to grow by 0.9% in the second quarter of 2026.”
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The provided evidence contains no information regarding the Bank of Russia's forecast for GDP growth in the second quarter of 2026. The search results for this claim returned irrelevant information about general banking services.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list of countries by largest historical GDP shows how the membership and rankings of the world's ten largest economies as measured by their gross domestic product has changed. While the United St…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_largest_h…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russia has a developing market-oriented mixed economy considered high-income and highly industrialized. It has the ninth-largest economy in the world by nominal GDP and the fourth-largest economy by G…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Russia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gross domestic product (GDP) is the market value of all final goods and services from a nation in a given year. Countries are sorted by nominal GDP estimates from financial and statistical institution…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nomi…
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Claim 2: “Earlier the Bank of Russia estimated the decline of Russian GDP in the first quarter of 2026 at 0.5% year-on-year”
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The claim is mentioned specifically in the TASS report. While the report is a news source, no other independent source in the provided evidence corroborates the Bank of Russia's specific 0.5% estimate for Q1 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russia has a developing market-oriented mixed economy considered high-income and highly industrialized. It has the ninth-largest economy in the world by nominal GDP and the fourth-largest economy by G…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Russia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gross domestic product (GDP) is the market value of all final goods and services from a nation in a given year. Countries are sorted by nominal GDP estimates from financial and statistical institution…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nomi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list of countries by largest historical GDP shows how the membership and rankings of the world's ten largest economies as measured by their gross domestic product has changed. While the United St…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_largest_h…
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Claim 3: “Earlier Rosstat confirmed its estimate of Russian GDP growth in 2025 at 1%.”
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Two independent sources confirm this: TASS explicitly mentions Rosstat confirmed the 2025 growth estimate at 1%, and another web search result confirms Russian GDP in 2025 increased by 1% according to Rosstat's assessment.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russia has an estimated population of 146.0 million as of 1 January 2025, down from 147.2 million recorded in the 2021 census. It is the most populous country in Europe, and the ninth-most populous co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Russia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article is a list of Russian federal subjects by Gross regional domestic product (GRDP).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of largest metropolitan areas by their gross domestic product (GDP) in United States Dollars as well as their local currency. Only metropolitan areas with a GDP of over US$100 billion a…
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Claim 4: “Russia’s GDP in January-March 2026 will decline by 0.2% year-on-year, according to a preliminary estimate by the Federal Statistics Service (Rosstat).”
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The claim is reported by two independent news sources: TASS and Interfax, both stating that Rosstat's preliminary estimate for Q1 2026 GDP is a 0.2% year-on-year decline.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russia has a developing market-oriented mixed economy considered high-income and highly industrialized. It has the ninth-largest economy in the world by nominal GDP and the fourth-largest economy by G…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — International sanctions have been imposed against Russia and Crimea during the Russo-Ukrainian War by a large number of countries, including the United States, Canada, the European Union, and internat…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is the map and list of European countries by monthly average wage (annual divided by 12 months), gross and net income (after taxes) for full-time employees in their local currency and in euros. T…
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