Russia's GDP Grows By 1.7% In Jan.-Oct. 2018 - Economy Ministry

Russia's GDP Grows by 1.7% in Jan.-Oct. 2018 - Economy Ministry

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 21st November, 2018) Russia's economic grow amounted to 1.7 percent in the first 10 months of 2018 year-on-year, the Economic Development Ministry said Wednesday.

"According to the estimate by the Ministry of Economic Development, the GDP growth rate in January-October 2018 was 1.

7 percent year-on-year," the ministry's press service said in a statement.

On Tuesday, the Economy Ministry said in an interim report for November that Russia's GDP growth accelerated to 2.5 percent in annual terms in October from 1.1 percent in September.