According to the Russian Finance Ministry, the average price for Urals oil for the monitoring period from September 15 to October 14, 2023 was $83.35 per barrel.

According to the Russian president, the joint projects "are also beneficial to the People’s Republic of China, because it also receives products from the implementation of these projects and gets conditions for better and greater development".

It is believed, however, that the parliament of the republic "may begin preparing and discussing" some amendments necessary for the implementation of the trading platform project.

Press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov clarified that “the percentage of currency that will be subject to mandatory sale will be established by the Russian government”.

The Russian authorities decided earlier to amend the Tax Code and resume, effective October 1, the fuel damper mechanism.

Speaking about the potential hike of the key rate at the next meeting of the regulator’s board of directors, the regulator’s Deputy Governor Alexey Zabotkin said that the Bank of Russia would "consider the reasonability of additionally raising the rate relying on the revised outlook".

The President of the Russian Federation noted that in 2022 a record volume of grain was harvested - almost 158 million tons.

Federal budget expenditures over nine months of this year totaled $212.3 bln, up 9.7% year on year.

A decision on the lawsuit is expected in a couple of months.

Mikhail Mishustin noted that some nations are attempting to prevent Russia from gaining access to innovative technology.