"Despite numerous statements made by Western regulators about the lack of sanctions against Russian food exports, we are still facing invisible barriers," Chairman of the Union of Grain Exporters Eduard Zernin emphasized.

The country produced in total 263.3 mln tonnes of oil during January - June of this year.

In the last three months alone, the import of containers through the Commercial Port of Vladivostok has increased by 1.5 times, up to 28,000 TEU per month.

It is reported that the increase in the gas price since the beginning of trading almost totals 20%.

Also, it is reported that the parties continue negotiations to expand the use of national currencies in bilateral trade payments.

It is reported that the real property demand has not yet recovered to the pre-crisis level.

Dmitry Chernyshenko added that more than 50% of Russian enterprises that purchase artificial intelligence solutions prefer domestic developments.

Also the ministry revised its forecast for the country’s unemployment rate from 6.7% in the May outlook to 4.8% as of the end of 2022.

From February 22 to March 22 the Saudi company bought Gazprom’s American depositary receipts worth about $365 mln.

In particular, dry cargoes throughput lost 5.1% to 225.8 mln tonnes, while liquid cargoes throughput added 4.5% to 256.2 mln tonnes," the report said.