According to him, according to the consolidated assessment of the participants in the transaction, the growth rate of the world economy in 2021 will be about 4.5-5.5%. 

“I think that at the beginning or in the middle of 2022 we will reach the levels that were before the crisis,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying. 

Novak also commented on the decision of the OPEC + countries to allow Russia to increase oil production in April by 130 thousand barrels per day.