By the end of this year, inflation in Russia will be slightly above 8%. This was announced on Monday, December 27, by the head of the Central Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina in a commentary on the Vesti program of the Russia 1 channel.
“I think that by the end of the year we will have inflation a little more than 8%, this is a lot, this is more than our target of 4%. And it is clear that Rosstat counts 8% for a wide range of goods, and those goods that we follow have increased in price, for example, food, ”Nabiullina said.
On the eve of the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov called inflation a big headache for the government. Inflation is a disease from which the whole world is suffering at the moment, said Peskov.
Earlier, on December 22, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that the situation with rising inflation in Russia is partly a payment for the openness of the economy. He noted that the government is aware of the rise in prices, and inflation in the country is mainly imported. As measures to combat inflation, Mishustin named tasks related to import substitution and building the potential of the domestic agro-industrial complex.
On December 7, Russian President Vladimir Putin pointed out that the economic dynamics of Russia is generally positive. He stressed the need to achieve an increase in real incomes of citizens by no less than 2.5%. According to the Russian leader, the main problem of the economy at the moment is the rise in inflation. The head of state noted that the rise in prices is global in nature.
Earlier, on November 18, Nabiullina said that the economic recovery after the pandemic is as insidious as the recovery of a person after the coronavirus. According to her, this year the Russian economy has already returned to a pre-pandemic trajectory.
