Putin's assistant warned against the consequences of the "reinforcement" of the ruble

Assistant to the President of Russia Andrei Belousov said that the national currency is “reinforced”, which threatens the Russian economy with negative consequences, Interfax reports.

Belousov noted: “I mean that this reduces budget revenues and strengthens budget problems. And this reduces the competitiveness of Russian industry and agriculture, in part, I want to emphasize this, depreciating the tasks of import substitution. ”

In addition, the presidential assistant noted that the excessive strengthening of the ruble “works against export”.

According to Belousov, the Kremlin and the government know about the problem: “It is no coincidence that the president primarily set this task before the government of the government” (quote for TASS ).

Recall, on July 19, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with the chairman of the Russian government Dmitry Medvedev, during which the head of state noted the strengthening of the ruble and said that "of course, we need to think about how and what we will do in the near future in connection with this factor."