National Wealth Fund is "the critical gain, enabling creation of such a safety cushion with the Bank of Russia, which is independently pursuing the monetary policy, that made possible to reliably plan financing of all key functions of the state," Mikhail Mishustin said.

It is noted that the Far East is the major supplier both to the domestic market and to foreign partners.

It is noted that Russia’s GDP contraction is expected at 0.9% by the end of 2023 due to the high base of 1H 2022 in the base scenario.

Earlier, Director of the Banking Regulation and Analytics Department of the Bank of Russia Alexander Danilov said that consumer lending in Russia could grow by no more than 5% in 2022.

The parties discussed the continuation of the company's work in Russia, including in the Sakhalin-2, Yamal LNG and Arctic LNG 2 projects.

Japan’s Mitsui formally notified Russian authorities about the consent to keep the stake in the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project.

The dollar exchange rate was down by 0.12%, while the euro exchange rate was down by 0.17%.

It is reported that the document is to be a 20-year agreement.

The most popular imported cars, according to Avto.ru research, are Toyota Camry, BMW 3 Series, Mazda 6, Ford Mustang, BMW 5 Series, as well as BMW x5, VW Passat, BMW x3, VW Jetta and Kia Optima.

"Despite numerous statements made by Western regulators about the lack of sanctions against Russian food exports, we are still facing invisible barriers," Chairman of the Union of Grain Exporters Eduard Zernin emphasized.