Prices for food in Russia grew by almost 32 percent in the two years of mutual sanctions with Western countries. This was reported in the Russian Ministry of economic development, RIA Novosti reported.
“For two years, the prices of food goods grew by 31.6 percent, 1.2 times ahead of overall inflation and making inflation almost half – 46 percent – said the Agency.
It is noted that the introduction of Russian retaliatory sanctions significantly influenced the growth of food prices in late 2014 and early 2015.
But their influence declined in the second half of 2015, said the Agency.
“The food market has managed to adapt to new conditions: the reorientation of importers to other suppliers happened in the first half of the year, procurement is done at lower prices,” the Ministry said.
The experts said that Russia this year in recession, so the recovery of the economic activity of the country too early.
Bloomberg previously wrote that the Russian government without “fanfare and hype” carried out the largest over the past 15 years changes in economy, changing the oil on agricultural products.
Earlier, the FOM survey showed that this year Russians feel the affects of the sanctions, became more.
Another poll by the Levada Center revealed that absolutionist the Russians saw the economic crisis in Russia.
In addition, it was reported that the Russians are spending more than half of income on food, refusing the goods of the first necessity.
