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Russia will revise economic forecast given Crimea accession

MOSCOW, March 18. /ITAR-TASS/. Russian Ministry of Economic Development will revise its forecast for social and economic development in April given the accession of Crimea, Minister Alexei Ulyukaev said on Tuesday.

“We shall anyway revise it. In April we should present a revised estimate,” said Ulyukaev.

Russia will “surely have to” support certain industrial facilities in Crimea, he believes.