In the Kremlin, they expect to stop the fall of Russian revenues during the year, RIA Novosti reports. According to the press secretary of President Dmitry Peskov, now the fall is minimized. He pointed out that in other countries the situation is much worse.
“All countries are now experiencing the consequences of the pandemic crisis, the consequences that are associated with crisis phenomena in the economy. Naturally, we cannot be free, unfortunately, from these negative consequences,” said the sands. “We still expect that during this year such a fall will be able to stop,” he concluded.
Earlier in April Rosstat published data on the real disposable income of Russians in the first quarter of 2021. Compared to the same period last year, they fell 3.6 percent, and compared with the fourth quarter of 2020 – by 26.7 percent.