TASS reports this with reference to the department.

It is noted that as a result, reserves amounted to 435.54 million barrels.

The agency clarifies that the decline in inventories for the specified period exceeded analysts' expectations.

Earlier, Stanislav Mitrakhovich, a leading expert of the National Energy Security Fund, lecturer at the Financial University under the Government of Russia, in an interview with FBA "Economics Today" said that Russia's return to a pre-pandemic level in terms of oil production will depend on the viability of the stopped fields.