This year, the trade turnover in six months amounted to $340 bln.

The pace of food price increases has started to slow down, but inflation remains well above government targets.

Russian President recalled that the government had introduced increased export duties on the products of the metallurgical industry.

According to Moscow Deputy Mayor Vladimir Yefimov, exports of goods in this category amounted to $22.34 mln, up 2.1-fold compared with the same period last year and by 90.6% compared with January-May 2019.

The 24th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum was held on June 2-5. The forum’s business program focused on the global and Russian economies, social issues, and technological development.

In the first five months of 2021, Russia sold more vaccines abroad than in the last three years combined.

The European Union’s planned carbon border tax could cost Russian exporters with a large carbon footprint at least 1.1 billion euros annually, the highest levy of any country, the RBC news website reported Monday.

First Deputy Head of the Analytical Center under the Government of the Russian Federation Gleb Pokatovich noted that there was a trend of decline in the share of oil and gas revenues in Russian federal budget.

According to the regulator, this figure rose by more than 20 percentage points in two years.

The new tunnel crosses the Baikal ridge and connects two Russian regions: the western portal is situated in the Irkutsk Region and the eastern one — in the Republic of Buryatia.