"In the nonfood segment, the price growth rate was 0.12% over the reporting week amid the slowdown in the price hike for cars, electric and other domestic appliances," the ministry informed.

According to the Russian prime minister, the first step is to assure an accelerated development of investment in capital-intensive businesses, as well as technological and industrial sovereignty projects.

Subsidized leasing investments amounted to $1 bln, Pavel Kosov noted.

The Bank of Russia’s macroprudential limits set for unsecured consumer loans in Q1 2024 will remain in place for the second quarter.

According to data presented by First Deputy Agriculture Minister Oksana Lut at the panel session, agricultural production in Russia has grown by 87% since 2000.

Since the beginning of April, consumer prices in Russia have increased by 0.01%, since the beginning of the year - by 1.87%.

As of March 1, 2024, the volume of the National Wealth Fund was 12.26 trillion rubles ($133.16 bln.

Russia’s agrarian export to BRICS markets is on the rise as it surpassed $9 bln in 2023, which is 2.6 times higher than in 2019.

The threshold for the duty-free import of goods for individuals automatically went down to 200 euro on April 1 on the territory of the Eurasian Economic Union.

The container market of Russia reached 533,000 TEU and the incremental growth in annual terms totaled 23.5% in February 2024, Fesco informed.