Andrey Belousov clarified that the total volume of imports was reached by launching a parallel import mechanism, through which necessary goods worth more than $70 bln were imported into the country.

"Those who leave the market either sell or transfer assets - it all depends on negotiations," Dmitry Peskov noted.

In particular, Infotex, N-Systems and certain other companies were included into the black list.

The ban covers transactions changing the ownership structure in Russian companies, their authorized capital and the established procedure of investment projects implementation.

At the end of November, Patrushev announced that Russia could export more than 65 mln tons of grain based on the results of the current season.

Head of the Federal Fisheries Agency Ilya Shestakov highlighted the need to diversify exports and increase interaction between companies and local representatives of the foreign department of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture.

The companies have 170 planned meetings with potential partners, a representative from the Russian Export Center says.

Production grew in Belarus by 8%.

Pevek, Arkhangelsk and Chersky - will be commissioned this year, while two airports - Murmansk and Berengovsky will be commissioned next year.

Earlier, the Economic Development Ministry pointed out that it maintained its inflation forecast at the end of 2023 at 7.5%.