Siluanov spoke about the Russian economy in the event of a fall in oil prices

As he said in an interview with CNBC, low oil prices have an impact on the Russian economy.

“Therefore, our task is to try to reduce dependence on world energy prices. In this regard, the budget is based on the rules that determine oil prices at $ 42 per barrel. No matter what happens with the prices, we will have the funds to fulfill our obligations, since Russia has accumulated large reserves of gold - more than 7% of GDP, ”Siluanov said.

Earlier, the leading analyst at Finist, Andrei Perekalsky, in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta, commented on the forecast of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to which the average price of Brent crude oil will be $ 61.78 per barrel in 2019 and $ 57.94 in 2020 .

On October 15, the IMF lowered its forecast for Russia's GDP growth for 2019 by 0.1 percentage points, to 1.1%.