Since the beginning of the year the prices in Russia increased by 4,7 percent.

SyuzhetyRossiyskaya inflation in 2009 godu12.03.2009Inflyatsiya in Russia since the beginning of the year amounted to 4,5 protsentaRost Consumer prices in Russia since the beginning of this year reached 4.7 per cent. Says the official report, published on the site Rosstat. A year earlier, during the same period, inflation stood at 4.2 percent.
According to the statistical service, a week from 11 to 16 March, prices in the country increased by 0,2 percent, and since the beginning of March - at 0.6 percent. Most have increased prices for sugar and tea - at 1.9 percent and 1 percent respectively. Beef, frozen fish, rice and pasta went up on average by 0,6-0,7 percent.
At the same time Rosstat notes that lower prices for sunflower oil, which is cheaper per week to 0.5 percent. In addition, the cost has dropped petrol and diesel - to 0,6 and 0,8 percent respectively.
In late February, Assistant to the President of Russia Arkady Dvorkovich said that the outcome of the current year inflation rate could reach 13-15 percent. In 2008, consumer price inflation reached 13.3 percent - a record since 2002.