Kudrin called the main problem of the Russian economy – Rambler / Finance

One of the most important problems of the Russian economy is the focus on the oil industry, said article for Kommersant, the head of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, Alexei Kudrin. According to him, amid falling prices for hydrocarbons in the world market, a “critical moment for a reversal” of the entire economic model of the country has come.-

Kudrin expressed confidence that in the near future the level of hydrocarbon production in Russia will not fall, however, such income from the sale of oil and gas, which the country received over the past 20 years, “will not be”.

The role of oil and gas, the head of the Accounts Chamber noted, has already begun to be reviewed before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. The threat of the spread of infection only prompted the world community to consider the issue more quickly. Russia, Kudrin emphasized, cannot be left on the sidelines.