MOSCOW, March 26. /TASS/. Russia has the required reserves to accelerate its economic growth and gear inflation down at the same time, Central Bank chief Elvira Nabiullina said at the plenary session of the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian legislature.

"From our point of view, we have internal reserves to expedite economic growth and slow inflation down exactly as tasked by the president," she said.

"These reserves are in increasing labor efficiency and productivity," Nabiullina noted.