MOSCOW, June 30. /TASS/. Russia’s GDP growth amounted to 3.1% in May as the economic growth rates are rising, Economic Development Minister Maksim Oreshkin said Friday.
"Russia’s economic growth rates are rising. In May, GDP growth amounted to 3.1%, while industrial growth was even higher at 5.6%," he said.
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