Moscow seen from above in a March 2021 photo from the International Space Station.NASASweden uses nighttime satellite photos to gauge Russia's economic health, said its economic minister.Elisabeth Svantesson said the inflation figures from Russia's central bank are an understatement.Images of Moscow before the 2022 invasion of Ukraine are noticeably brighter, she said.The declining health of Russia's economy is as clear as day — or night, a finance minister said Wednesday.Elisabeth Svantesson, the finance minister of Sweden, said she and her officials are skeptical of how Russia's official figures describe its economy.One measure they use instead, she said at a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, was comparing photos of Moscow by night.The lights there, she said, were darker in 2023 than in 2021, showing a capital and a nation in trouble.Business Insider found some public photos showing the Moscow skyline in the years Svantesson mentioned.
Skeptical Of Russia's Data, Some Western Officials Judge Its Economy By Looking At Moscow From Space
mloh@businessinsider.com (Matthew Loh,Tom Porter), Business Insider
Wed, 01/22/2025 - 5:54am
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