By Walter Grand in Economy —

By the fall, Russia should switch from parallel imports and zero duties to the introduction of barrier duties against unfriendly countries

By the fall, Russia should switch from parallel imports and zero duties to the introduction of barrier duties against unfriendly countries
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The country's task is to "walk this line and not to fall into such a bazaar station a la the 90s - that's our task," the deputy minister of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

According to him, there are discussions on every item of the commodity nomenclature: "This is a topic for protectionism or opening, if we can substitute imports or not.

Closed economy is insanely expensive and leads to the degradation of the economy, it should in no case be allowed, said Osmakov.