YEREVAN. – The experts of Finance Ministry are calculating the influence of Russia’s economic slowdown on Armenia, Finance Minister David Sargsyan said.

“Since Russia is our largest trade and investment partner, and naturally there must be certain influence. It may be an exchange rate, investment activity and other economic indicators,” he said.

According to IMF forecast, Russia’s economic growth made 3.4% in 2012 and only 1.5% in 2013. The forecast for 2014 is 2%.