Russia's current account deficit could widen to $5 billion in the third quarter, Russian Economic Development Minister Maxim Oreshkin said, in comments which suggest downward pressure on the ruble could increase
Oreshkin, speaking at a banking conference in St Petersburg today, repeated that economic growth was seen at 2 percent in 2017, Reuters reported.
Russia's central bank said earlier this week that the current account deficit was $0.3 billion for the April-June period this year.
