“Now it will be very difficult in the next few months. Small business itself feels very good. Especially in large cities. Therefore, it is very important now to concentrate all measures on giving a break, wait, wait out the time when certainty appears, ”he said in an interview with the program“ Moscow. Kremlin. Putin. " His words are quoted by RIA Novosti.
He added that “all epidemics, all these shocks are temporary,” and “then the economy will certainly return to the growth path.”
“But what this trajectory will be, very much depends on how adequately and quickly we will take measures now,” the minister emphasized.
Earlier, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that the Russian government, together with the Central Bank, is taking measures to support small businesses amid the situation with coronavirus and market volatility.