March saw 679,000 empty and laden TEUs carried in all kinds of service.

Sergey Melik-Bagdasarov said that coordination of logistical and technical issues will continue at the level of relevant departments.

Anton Alikhanov says that the measure will consist of an export cashback.

Valentin Bogomolov said that there are also strong prospects for increasing helium output through the development of new gas fields, particularly in Eastern Siberia.

The ministry highlighted that there had been no disruptions in regional supply.

Vitaly Savelyev noted that Russia offers safe routes thanks to its unique geographic location.

Denis Manturov noted that extensive work had been carried out to fine-tune legal and supervisory mechanisms to combat the shadow market.

Head of the Federal Agency for Mineral Resources Oleg Kazanov said that "some work is being done in this direction".

"What we're licensing now are mainly the subsurface areas with predicted resources," head of the Federal Agency for Mineral Resources Oleg Kazanov said.

The decline in the manufacturing sector in Russia in February amounted to 2.8% year-on-year, while mining increased by 0.9%.