The RF Ministry of Energy does not support an increase in severance tax on oil.

The RF Ministry of Energy does not support an increase in the severance tax on oil. The RF Minister of Energy Aleksandr Novak expressed the idea of the agency in the framework of the meeting with the Russian president Vladimir Putin, "RIA Novosti" informs with reference to the Deputy Minister of Energy Aleksey Teksler.

According to him, this volume of funds withdrawal from the industry will lead to problems for the economy as a whole.