The Finance Ministry also noted that the accumulation of additional oil and gas revenues during periods of favorable price conditions and the use of National Wealth Fund resources to cover lost oil and gas revenues in accordance with the fiscal rule ensures the stability of the budget system to fluctuations in the receipt of oil and gas revenues.

Inflation rates slowed down slightly over the past two weeks, the official noted.

According to statistics, cargo transportation stood at 1.19 bln metric tons for rail transport, 7 bln metric tons for motor transport and 0.5 bln metric tons for air transport.

The Russian GDP stood at 200 trillion rubles ($2 trillion) in 2024.

Imports of frozen Whiteleg shrimps, which are the key item of Indian deliveries to Russia, contracted by 10% in physical terms to 18,000 metric tons and by 15% in money terms to $120 mln.

"We assume that science and its achievements are the fundamental issue for sovereignty and the future of Russia," the head of state stressed.

According to Chairman of the city committee for tourism Yevgeny Kozlov, on average, Middle Eastern tourists stay in Moscow for about nine days.

According to the association, Turkey accounts for almost 40% of the outbound tourism market in Russia (38.5%).

Subsidized loans are granted to Russian industrial plants for implementation of investment projects on making priority products, state corporation VEB.RF said.

CEO Sergey Aleksandrovsky stressed that there are no problems with aircraft maintenance.