This year's average oil price of $ 70 per barrel

This year, oil prices, on average, will cost $ 70 per barrel, Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin. He stated this today at the expanded board of the Federal Tax Service. In his opinion, this is a moderately optimistic forecast. With this forecast according to the Ministry of Economic Development. He recalled that the crisis in the financial authorities of the leading countries pumped the economy with money, to implement programs to stimulate the economy. In the future, these programs will be phased out, he predicted. "Accordingly, in the medium term, a period of two to three years, some prices may rise, but oil prices will fall", - Kudrin concluded.