OREANDA-NEWS  Russia's trade turnover with the SCO countries increased by 5.5% in the first half of the year, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said, speaking at a meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the SCO countries in Pakistan on Wednesday.

"According to the results of last year, the volume of trade turnover between Russia and the SCO member states approached a record thirty trillion rubles. And in the first half of this year, it added 5.5%," Mishustin said.