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

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.

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.

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

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

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