Everything will depend on the commercial side of the issue, Zamir Kabulov pointed out.

Currently, the jab is approved in 71 countries.

Among our initiatives are measures to perform low-carbon transformation of certain branches of the economy," Mikhail Mishustin said.

There should be "an open discussion, free from political background, for mutually beneficial use of not yet steady economic growth," President of the Italian-Russian Chamber of Commerce Vincenzo Trani said.

But a complete shift is not expected, Andrey Denisov said.

Earlier, it was reported that Russian gas supplies to China during the first half of January were 1.5 times higher than the figure in the like period of the last year.

The decision to resume foreign currency purchases will be taken subject to the actual situation on financial markets.

Russian representatives "intend to give exhaustive clarifications in respect of applied measures" within the framework of consultations on the WTO floor, the ministry’s press service said.

The ministry expects both Russian and foreign businessmen to be interested in the new tax treatment.

Russia’s largest companies have lost more than $100 billion in value over the last week.