This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the deputy head of the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) Polina Kryuchkova.
“The coronavirus is definitely a structural factor in both the short and medium term.
On the horizon of one or two years, we continue to be hostages of the epidemiological situation, ”she said.
The deputy head of the department noted that the rate of vaccination and possible mutations of the virus affect the level of openness of the economy, which affects its development in the future.
Earlier, the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Economic Policy and Property and Land Relations, Vladimir Efimov, said that the authorities would make targeted decisions that would allow enterprises to overcome the situation with coronavirus.
Chief analyst of PSB Bogdan Zvarych in an interview with FBA "Economics Today" spoke about the factors influencing the dynamics of the ruble exchange rate.