Moscow unhappy with the fact that last year the European Bank for restoration and development (EBRD) finished with a loss, and considers the termination of operations of the Bank in the Russian Federation one of the factors, said Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak. "for the first time After the fall of 2008, the Bank ended the year with a loss", he said at the beginning of the annual meeting of the EBRD Board of governors. According to Storchak, the Russian delegation will raise such information at the meeting on Thursday, reports the news Agency. "It was one of the factors," Storchak added, answering the question was whether freezing the Bank's operations in Russia because of events in Ukraine, one of the reasons that led to the losses. Remember, in July of last year, the overwhelming number of members of the Board of Directors of the European Bank for restoration and development revealed that in the near future will not be able to approve the investment projects on the territory of the Russian Federation. It was after EU leaders recommended that the EBRD and the European investment Bank to stop for a while funding for new common with Russia projects. In January, the world Bank has lowered its forecast for GDP growth of Russia in 2015, saying that the recession will be 2, 9% instead of 0, 7%. In 2016, the Russian economy " will go to: the world Bank expects increasing on 0, 1%. At the same time the EBRD showed a forecast that this year the decline of the Russian economy will be 5%. Then world Bank chief economist for Russia Birgit Hansl recommended that the leaders of the fall in the Greek script, saying that times of crisis it is necessary to apply for structural reforms and strengthening the economy of the country.