“Of course, one cannot be guided by this point of view alone. It’s necessary to consider all this in a complex, including government assessments, assessments of our statistical agencies, ”Peskov told reporters.

He noted that now that the markets are “in a state of saw”, you need to “understand the trend in more detail before making any conclusions.”

Kudrin previously allowed an increase in poverty in the country in 2020. In his opinion, there are challenges of at least its “non-reduction”.

He also predicted that the growth of the national economy at the current level of oil prices would be near zero.