“The issue of the spread of coronavirus, of course, affects the situation in the economy much more, because it concerns a number of industries: such as carriers, tourism, trade,” Interfax quoted him as saying during a meeting of the Federation Council.
According to the Minister of Finance, COVID-19 has a strong impact on the dynamics of economic development.
“The Russian government is now considering and preparing a set of proposals to level out the effects of this negative factor,” Siluanov emphasized.
Earlier, expert-financier, analyst of the Kalita-Finance Financial Group Dmitry Golubovsky in an interview with Inforeactor assessed the impact of the situation with coronavirus on the global economy.