Russian economy stable, government to continue fulfilling all of its social obligations - Premier Mishustin

MOSCOW. Feb 9 (Interfax) - The Russian economy is stable, and the Russian government will fulfill all of its social obligations, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Sunday.

"In the first place, [it is] stable. We are fulfilling all social obligations and will continue fulfilling them, everything is quite stable," Mishustin said, commenting on the state of the Russian economy, in a fragment of an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin, the creator and host of the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin television program on the Rossiya 1 (VGTRK) TV channel, published on the latter's Max messenger channel.

The government deliberately took certain measures coordinated with the Bank of Russia in the fight against inflation, he said. "And, in fact, the consequences of this fight, of course, are inflation which is lower than forecasted," he said.