“By the end of the year, we should already reach certain positive trends,” TASS quotes Oreshkin as saying at the Territory of Meanings forum.

According to him, the “flywheel of the economy” is gradually spinning up.

He noted that lending volumes are increasing, interest rates are decreasing.

Also, Oreshkin, during a speech at the Territory of Meanings forum, said that inflation in Russia by the second quarter of 2023 could be significantly lower than in the European Union.