Consumer prices rose 1.84% from the year beginning and 0.17% from early April.

"Ukraine’s credit rating has again been downgraded recently - from CCC+ to CCC," Russian executive director Roman Marshavin noted.

According to the regulator, net purchases of foreign currency by individuals on the stock market and through largest banks in March grew to 121.8 bln rubles.

In terms of monetary policy, he added, the Union State coordinates with choices made within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union.

In January 2023, World Bank experts forecast that Russian GDP would drop by 3.3% in 2023 and grow by 1.6% in 2024.

Vietnam is known to be Russia's long-standing partner.

Meanwhile, Russia both exports and imports products, Sergey Dankvert noted, adding that exports exceeded imports by 100,000 tons.

Sales of foreign currency on the domestic market with settlements on March 31 also totaled 5.5 bln rubles.

In the current situation, China and Russia may "experience financial persecution and sanctions by the United States to a certain degree".

In March, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin reported that the Russian budget deficit was $42.5 bln.