Arctic LNG 2 project participants are Russia’s Novatek (60%), TotalEnergies (10%), CNPC (10%), CNOOC (10%), and Japan Arctic LNG (10%).

Deposit interest rates are monitored by the regulator in Sberbank, Sovcombank, VTB, Gazprombank, Credit Bank of Moscow, Alfa-Bank, Bank FC Otkritie, Promsvyazbank, Tinkoff Bank, and the Russian Agricultural Bank.

Boris Kopeikin recalled that under the sanctions, the Central Bank's reserves in euros and dollars are frozen and cannot be used to reduce exchange rate volatility.

"We have already made certain decisions, but if not everything works or does not apply to businesses like yours, then this should be expanded," the Russian president noted.

The price growth rate remains high for a wide range of goods and services for the sixth month in succession, the regulator noted.

It will have to ensure the prioritization of measures, based on the transportation and economic balance, the single core transportation network and the general development plan for the single core transportation network, Andrey Belousov noted.

The share of tourist trips to the Arctic districts and to the Far East in the total amount of tourist trips inside Russia grew by 8.6%, Maxim Reshetnikov noted.

The company's liquid hydrocarbon production increased by 3.6% year-on-year in 2023, to 12.37 million tons.

It is reported that execution of federal budget expenditures on the implementation of national projects as of January 1, 2024, amounted to 2.983 trillion rubles.

The Central Bank of Russia said earlier that it would keep an eye on cases when the bank’s interest rate for ruble deposits is more than 2 percentage points higher than the average one for ten monitored banks.