The size of the gray market should be reduced at least down to 15% by the end of this year.

Progress should be made on these two points. The bill on the repatriation of capital is being polished now.

By 2010, GDP will not be doubled but we will be able to achieve fairly high economic growth using additional mechanisms in the medium term to ensure that GDP will be doubled in the longer term.

Contacts must be closer between the Ministry of Industry and Energy and oil companies to fix [fuel] price growth at 11%, as projected.

On average, we expect the ruble's appreciation to slow down by more than two times next year.

We hope that under any scenario, the ruble's appreciation will range within 4-6% in 2006 and will eventually slow down by 1 percentage point per year.

These factors will pass, and the situation will be back to normal.

The geography of these projects varies from mechanical engineering to the high-tech sphere and chemical industry.

Higher grain prices increase the risk of higher prices for bread products.