The volume of cargoes at the moment is about 25% higher than in the relevant period of the past year, Alexey Likhachev said.

The aircraft building cluster is being formed in the region in cooperation with the United Aircraft Corporation, Dmitry Demeshin noted.

The draft document also stipulates lifting restrictions on banking with individuals - all the transactions and deals authorized for branches of foreign banks to be made with legal entities will be available for them.

He recalled that first the former Soviet Union and then Russia supplied African countries with large quantities of weapons and combat vehicles, trained specialists in their production, use, and repairs, as well as military personnel.

According to Ryabkov, "this is simply an indication that BRICS - without being some kind of ‘magic wand’ - can truly help address challenges".

The test site will be the route segment from Zelenograd to Tver.

The current ruble rate recognized by experts as too strong deprives Severstal of the opportunity to make economically feasible supply of steel products to international markets, Alexander Shevelev said.

Inflation amounted to 0.2% a week earlier

Russia continue to be the largest oil supplier to India despite West’s attempts to meddle in this cooperation, Russian Ambassador in New Delhi Denis Alipov told TASS earlier.

The tourist traffic from Russia to Thailand remains stable and is slightly above the record figure of the last year, despite the overall decline of the tourist flow to the kingdom by almost 11%.