Ulyukayev compared the state of the economy with “a well-known author of the book” – RBC

Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev

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In assessing the state of the Russian economy, the head of the Ministry of Economic remembered novel “Okolonolya” whose authorship is attributed to Vladislav Surkov. This Ulyukayev said that he sees the trend is likely to strengthen the ruble than to its weakening

Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev , speaking at the Russian Business Week on Thursday, said that the dynamics of the Russian economy is now we can estimate as a state of “near zero”, “Interfax».

«The ninth month of decline has stopped. And the state of the Russian economy more correct to evaluate the name of a famous author of the book – “Okolonolya”, – the minister said.

« In individual months with smooth seasonality one percent plus, for individual – one-tenth of a minus” – he said, concluded that the result is an average approximately zero.

LED Head also noted that markets, including commodities, « gradually feel for balance.” « If you go back to commodities, it seems to us that this year the balance will be about the point of $ 40 per barrel”, – he said Ulyukayev . According to him, most likely, the price of oil in the $ 40 a barrel will be taken into account when adjusting the macroeconomic forecast and adjustments budget indicators .

Ulyukayev, in January, has named «equal» the chances of strengthening and weakening of the ruble, said Now see trends more to the strengthening of the Russian currency, than to weaken.

F Oman « Okolonolya » was first published in the a special issue of the magazine “Russian Pioneer ” in 2009. The author of the novel has been specified Nathan Dubovitsky. “Russian Pioneer” noted that it is – an alias that uses one of the columnists of the journal. Blame the media novel attributed to Vladislav Surkov, who then held the post of first deputy head of the Kremlin administration (now – the assistant to the president of Russia). In 2013, Surkov, dismissal of the Deputy Prime Minister and head of the government staff, said he was working on a literary work. « plot suspects political comedy based on real events”, – he told reporters

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