He advised entrepreneurs to take a "responsible economic position" and focus on domestic investment.

“Business is invited to take a responsible position, continue to grow, continue to receive profits, but at the same time be responsible, focus on domestic investments, investments in their native, domestic economy,” said Peskov.

According to him, the state of the Russian economy amid the coronavirus pandemic is significantly different from what it was a year ago: "aftershocks remain, but companies no longer require large-scale assistance." 

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) are experiencing problems, but this no longer requires such massive assistance," he summed up.

Earlier, the Kremlin announced that there were no decisions on compensating businesses due to downtime.