The Russian president noted that the rise in prices totaled 9.5% in 2024.

The Russian president said that this is lower than dynamics observed before.

"The balance of supply and demand has stabilized," the deputy prime minister added.

In 2025, Russian Railways’ network freight throughput amounted to 1.116 bln tons, a decrease of 5.6% compared to 2024.

Inflation will be at the target level of 4.5%, the deputy prime minister said.

Afghanistan's Ambassador to Russia Gul Hassan added that work is underway to launch direct flights between Kabul and Moscow with Kam Air in the near future.

Belarusian Vice Prime Minister Natalia Petkevich said that the EAEU approved the top-priority countries.

Additional support measures will be introduced within the framework of the new federal project for development of military-technical cooperation with foreign countries for the period of 2026-2028, the Russian leader added.

The moderate expansion of claims against the population continued in December.

Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said the task of reaching the level of $100 billion by 2030 is confirmed.