Rosstat reported a decrease in prices for the week
Rosstat recorded a decrease in consumer prices in Russia by 0.04% for the week. Gasoline fell the most, while prices for cucumbers increased by 6.2%, tomatoes - 4.1%. Deflation in the country recorded for the first time since mid-August
The consumer price index in Russia for the period from October 27 to November 2 amounted to 99.96%, follows from the data of Rosstat (there is RBC). Since the beginning of the month, the indicator was 99.99%, since the beginning of the year - 106.20%.
The average daily price change since the beginning of October 2026 was minus 0.005% against an increase of 0.012% in September and 0.014% in November last year.
During the reporting week, chicken eggs (+1.4%), chicken meat and buckwheat (+1%), ice cream fish and canned fruit and berries for baby food (+0.5%) rose in price. Prices for pork, cottage cheese, wheat flour and ultrapasteurized milk increased by 0.4%, sour cream, butter and sunflower oil, cheeses and salt by 0.3%. At the same time, sugar fell by 1.1%, vermichel by 0.1%.
Fruit and vegetable products on average rose by 1.3%. Prices for cucumbers (+6.2%) and tomatoes (+4.1%) increased the most. Bananas rose by 1%, cabbage - by 0.7%, potatoes - by 0.5%, carrots - by 0.4%. Apples, by contrast, fell by 1%.
Among medicines, prices for Corvalol (+0.7%), Nafazolin (+0.3%) and Levomekol (+0.1%) increased. Nimesulide (-0.4%), Validol and Rengalin (-0.3%), activated carbon and metamizole sodium (-0.2%), Pentalgin and rimantadine (-0.1%) fell in price.
Of non-food products, men's socks and smartphones rose in price (+0.4%), particle boards (+0.3%), televisions (+0.2%), women's tights and children's sneakers (+0.1%). Prices for toothpaste (-0.4%), toilet paper and soap (-0.2%), children's jeans, tracksuits, T-shirts, shampoos and vacuum cleaners (-0.1%) decreased.
In the category of services, the cost of living in three-star hotels (+1.1%), two-star hotels and hostels, as well as vouchers in sanatoriums (+0.4%) increased. At the same time, trips to the Black Sea coast of Russia fell by 2.4%, to some countries of Southeast Asia by 1.7%. Accommodation in four- and five-star hotels became cheaper by 0.1%.
Tariffs on trolleybuses and city buses increased by 0.4%, in trams - by 0.3%. Car wash rose by 0.4%, men's and women's haircuts - by 0.1%.
Automotive gasoline for the week fell by 2%, diesel fuel - by 0.1%, follows from a separate report of Rosstat. The decrease in gasoline prices was recorded in 60 regions of Russia, the most significant - in Kalmykia (-20.6%). In Moscow, prices decreased by 0.6%, in St. Petersburg increased by 0.7%.
Rosstat last reported deflation in mid-August. The regulator recorded such dynamics for three consecutive weeks.
In the same month, President Vladimir Putin signed a law introducing monitoring of food prices at all stages of the supply chain. It comes into force on January 1, 2027.
In September, a study by NTech showed that vegetables included in the so-called borsch set rose in price by 20-30-38% over the year. The most increased in the price of cabbage - up to 28 rubles. per kilogram, the weakest added carrots, 43 rubles. per kilogram.
The head of the Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina explained that the rise in prices in Russia in recent months has accelerated significantly “due to one-off factors that monetary policy cannot affect.”.
