“The mood now that we see the current incidence rates, it is clear that it is worrisome in business.

But at the same time, when we look at the figures, we see in September and October a little less that the recovery is underway, in September it was active.

In October, we see that we have reached a certain plateau, "TASS quotes him.

Reshetnikov noted that the turnover of cash registers has recovered, as well as transportation by rail.

"This does not mean that we have completely overcome (the crisis. -

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)," the minister stressed.

According to him, the economy "froze" under the pressure of sentiment and news about the incidence, but overall recovery is underway.

On October 23, the Bank of Russia kept its key rate at 4.25% per annum for the second time in a row.

The Board of Directors of the Central Bank explained this decision by the need to limit the inflationary risks that have increased recently.

At the same time, the regulator has improved the forecast for the decline in the Russian economy in 2020.