Last week, inflation in Russia (from April 11 to April 17) fell to 0.04%, before that the price increase decreased by 0.11%. This is proven by data Rosstat.
Prices in Russia have increased by 0.21% since the beginning of April. Since the beginning of the year, inflation has reached 1.88%.
Former Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev reportedThat by March, inflation in Russia will be about 6%. According to him, inflation reaches 15-20 percent in some European countries and “that’s how they need it,” he noted.
Prior to this, it was known that annual inflation in Russia from March 7 to March 13. slowed down to 7.65% from 9.43% a week ago. This was reported in the current price situation review prepared by the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. It was noted that Russian consumer sentiment improved in the first quarter of 2023. Therefore, Russians are ready to buy more goods, waiting for inflation to rise. Kommersant wrote about this, citing Rosstat data.