The chancellor says Berlin has taken abundant precautions to cope with the energy crisis Germany can cope with the current energy crisis, and is ready to deal with a potential Russian natural gas shutdown, the Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Saturday.

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The Washington-based fund had previously been criticized for its optimistic assessment of Russia’s economy The Russian economy has been growing faster than many economists projected, IMF First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath admitted on Monday in an interview with Foreign Policy magazine.