Inflation in Russia since the beginning of February rose to 0.5 percent.

SyuzhetyRossiyskaya inflation in 2009 godu09.02.2009K the end of February, inflation in Russia will reach four protsentovZa nine days of February, consumer prices in Russia increased by 0,5 percent. This was reported in the official press release Rosstat. Since the beginning of the year, inflation in Russia was already 2.9 per cent.
9 February, Russian news agencies reported that by the end of February, inflation could reach four per cent, higher than last year, when the rate of growth of prices for two months did not exceed 3.5 percent.
According to the Government overall inflation in 2009 was 13 per cent. In 2008 the figure was 13,3 percent, which was the maximum in 2002. It is possible that in the near future a forecast for 2009 will be revised due to the expansion of the economic crisis.
Over the past week, mostly in Russia went up tea and sugar - by 1,6 and 2,3 percent respectively. On the other hand, eggs are cheaper on average one and a half per cent, while sunflower oil - by 0,9 percent.