The IMF lowered its forecast for Russia's GDP growth in the next two years.

This is stated in the report published on the website of the fund.

Also, IMF experts believe that we should expect less active economic growth in the CIS countries in 2019 - about 2.2%.

In their opinion, the slowdown in economic growth in Russia and the CIS countries is associated with a deterioration in the forecast of oil prices for the medium term.

In October, the IMF raised its forecast for Russia's GDP growth in 2019 to 1.8%.