MOSCOW, December 19. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has compared the volumes of cargoes transferred in the country’s ports in the Soviet and present periods.

"On an aggregate basis 600 mln tonnes [of cargoes] were transferred in all ports of the Soviet Union, whereas now it is 1.104 bln [tonnes]. Those [cargo transfer] facilities have been created over the past decade," he told his annual news conference on Thursday.