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Russia's GDP grows 8.4 percent in April
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-05-27 17:26

MOSCOW  -- Russia's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 8.4 percent year-on-year in April, Deputy Minister for Trade and Economic Development Andrei Klepach said on Tuesday.

In the first four months of this year, the Russian economy grew 8.3 percent, Klepach was quoted by Itar-Tass news agency as saying, adding that the forecast for the whole of 2008 is 7.6 percent.

Russia's GDP growth rate was 8.1 percent last year.