The international situation, including the illegal sanctions policy towards Russia, creates challenges for the growth of the country's economy, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, commenting on chairman of the Russian Accounts Chamber Alexey Kudrin's statement that sanctions create serious risks for the growth of the Russian economy and the fulfillment of the presidential decree.
At the same time, Peskov drew attention to the fact that the leadership of the country has managed to cope with these challenges quite successfully so far, TASS reports.