User blog comment:Vlad Nykytiuk/Protests in Russia/@comment-30743878-20170618135439/@comment-30743878-20170619172806

HDI - Human Development Index - you can see that in Putin's first term he rapidly boosted the GDP, which is certainly outstanding. However, in his second term, the GDP growth is stagnating and after 2014 the GDP is actually falling. This is, according to economists, due to the falling oil prices and economic sanctions (duh, Crimea).