“We see that the consumption of petroleum products at filling stations - both gasoline and diesel fuel - is already higher than in the pre-crisis period,” TASS quotes Novak as saying in an interview with the Russia-24 TV channel.

He noted that this is happening against the background of the fact that three vaccines have been registered and a mass vaccination is underway.

Earlier, Alexander Novak on the air of the Russia 24 TV channel commented on the decision of the OPEC + countries to allow Russia to increase oil production in April by 130 thousand barrels per day.