Starting from February 2017, the Ministry of Finance will begin to carry out transactions of purchase or sale of foreign currency on the domestic market.

The real incomes of Russians decreased by 5.9 percent in 2016, in comparison with the previous year. In December 2016 the reduction rate in annual terms amounted to 6.1 percent.

297.2 billion roubles have been reimbursed to Russian citizens in the form of income tax deductions for the years 2014-2015.

The Ministry of Economic Development has offered to create a backup copy of the Russian segment of the Internet.