CEO of the American investment company Navigator Principal Investors Kyle Shostak also believes that in 2024, "activity on the Russian securities market will increase, trading volumes and new issues on the Moscow Exchange will only increase".

The Russian leader also stated that GDP growth in Armenia will be more than 9% for the first nine months of this year, over 5% in Kazakhstan, more than 4% in Kyrgyzstan, and 3.5% in Belarus.

Putin also noted that the EAEU is successful as a reputable international association with a good base and effective structure.

An exception will be made for the transportation of postal items, diplomatic mail and humanitarian aid.

Andrey Belousov clarified that the total volume of imports was reached by launching a parallel import mechanism, through which necessary goods worth more than $70 bln were imported into the country.

"Those who leave the market either sell or transfer assets - it all depends on negotiations," Dmitry Peskov noted.

In particular, Infotex, N-Systems and certain other companies were included into the black list.

The ban covers transactions changing the ownership structure in Russian companies, their authorized capital and the established procedure of investment projects implementation.

At the end of November, Patrushev announced that Russia could export more than 65 mln tons of grain based on the results of the current season.

Head of the Federal Fisheries Agency Ilya Shestakov highlighted the need to diversify exports and increase interaction between companies and local representatives of the foreign department of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture.