MOSCOW, Oct 26 (PRIME) -- Russia’s inflation accelerated to 0.2% from October 18 through Monday after 0.1% a week ago, and reached 4.6% since January 1, the Federal State Statistics Service said on Wednesday.
Since the beginning of October, consumer prices grew by 0.5%, the service said.
Prices for eggs rose 2.1% in the reported period, for butter 1.1%, for chicken, meat preserves, milk, sour cream, fat cottage cheese and cheese 0.3–0.6%. Buckwheat prices fell 1.1%, sugar prices 0.5%, and prices for rice and wheat 0.4%.
Fruit and vegetable prices grew 0.9%.
Gasoline and diesel fuel prices were unchanged.
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