"I would like to stress this even is organized by a non-governmental organization and traditionally has a politics-fee agenda, which addresses current problems in the Arctic region," Nikolay Korchunov noted.

The ban on transfer of funds to other countries will persist for individuals - non-residents from hostile countries not working in Russia and for legal entities from such states, the Central Bank said.

According to Rosstat, it amounted to 354 million tons.

Oksana Lut noted that in physical terms agriculture exports fell by 9%.

It is stressed that the country will cover its own needs on major items and receive an additional resource for boosting exports.

Russia offers to hand over to African states 300,000 tonnes of fertilizers free of charge, but EU is against this, Russian Foreign Minister said.

The duty will amount to 30% if the gas price is below $300 per 1,000 cubic meters and 50% at a price above $300 per 1,000 cubic meters.

Josep Borrel did not specify which sanctions he was referring to, noting that a political decision had been made only today.

Consumer prices in Russia dropped by 0.15% from early September. Prices at the same time gained 10.23% year-to-date.

Russian Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko said earlier on Monday that the department does not create obstacles for the return of foreign pharmaceutical companies to conduct clinical trials of drugs in the country and welcomes such decisions.