News archive on the topic "price increases"

High prices for food groups of goods in new regions of the Russian Federation are the result of the high cost of delivering products from other regions of the Russian Federation. This was stated by the head of the Association of Nursery Growers and Gardeners of the Stavropol Territory, Aidyn Shirinov, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. At a round table meeting in the Federation Council on the implementation of the Food Security Doctrine, Shirinov emphasized that the supply of fruits in the country is lower...

Despite the ban on the export of petroleum products introduced by the Russian government, fuel prices at Russian gas stations are not decreasing. At the same time, stock prices seem to have fallen. The issue has risen to the presidential level. “Measures have been taken, but prices are rising. What happens there in other links is of little interest to the consumer. The consumer needs results,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the meeting to the relevant...

In Poland, which has always been famous for cheap vegetables, products from local producers in March cost 55,7% more than a year ago. This can be explained by rising prices for gas and fertilizers, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Over the past year, prices have increased the most on onions (3,5 times) and carrots (2,5 times). For example, for onions today at a wholesale price...

The cost of bakery products in Ukraine will increase by 20 percent or more. Kiev economist Alexander Okhrimenko reported this in his blog. “Fuel has become more expensive, and it has a very significant impact on the (cost - ed.) of products, because, firstly, transportation, and secondly, expensive fuel means expensive feed, expensive feed, respectively - expensive meat, milk. Currently there is a war...

Fish and seafood on Ukrainian shelves in April increased in price by an average of 33% compared to pre-war February. The State Statistics Service of Ukraine reports this. The Association of Ukrainian Importers of Fish and Seafood says that with the start of full-scale hostilities, the Ukrainian fish and seafood market has decreased several times. Due to blocked ports in the Black Sea, logistics problems arise...

Supplies of products to Crimea from the mainland of the Russian Federation have increased 4 times. Sugar, cereals, and flour are imported to the peninsula in abundance; wholesaler margins are limited, but retail prices are affordable, spurred by rushing demand. “Given the increased demand for shelf-stable products - cereals, flour and sugar, prices have been raised unreasonably high, and in some cases...

Weekly inflation in Russia amounted to 2,2% according to Rosstat. This is a record since 1998. Deputy Oleg Morozov stated this today in the State Duma of the Russian Federation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Putting the blame solely on the government for this is unfair and absurd from an economic point of view. It is clear that over the past year prices have been affected by the effects of the global pandemic crisis.…

A traditional Ukrainian product - lard - has risen sharply in price (over the past four years by 220% in hryvnia) and has become more expensive than pork. The reason lies in the decline in domestic production in Ukraine. Now the agricultural superpower even buys lard from Poland and Germany. By the way, this situation already happened in the 1990s, when people’s incomes fell sharply.…

Rising oil prices have reduced the margins of trading in petroleum products, and market operators will soon be forced to raise prices for gasoline and diesel fuel. The head of the Center for Analysis and Strategies, Igor Chalenko, stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Over the last quarter in Ukraine, the cost of gasoline and diesel increased by 5% due to regulation...

Crimea today is one of the most expensive regions of Russia. This applies not only to real estate prices, but also to the cost of food, industry, building materials and other products. Initially, this was explained by the fact that the peninsula was a “logistical dead end” of Russia - before the bridge was built across the Kerch Strait, goods arrived here through the ferry crossing. The republican authorities promised that...

The costs of public transport for Kiev residents are higher than for residents of Warsaw, Prague or Budapest - despite the fact that in Kyiv the quality of services is much worse, since they use minibuses rather than modern municipal transport. Former Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine (2014-2015) Alexander Kava stated this on air on the Apostrophe.TV channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Pricing policy is...

The cost of bakery products in Ukraine will continue to rise. Chairman of the Association of Retail Chain Suppliers Alexey Doroshenko stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The cost of bread will rise quite significantly. Significantly - this is not the 20-22% that was last year and 25% the year before. But we will most likely see 15-17%. It's already hard to see...

The incomes of the majority of Ukrainian citizens do not keep pace with rising prices, and officials’ statements about an increase in average wages do not correspond to reality. Chairman of the Association of Retail Chain Suppliers Alexey Doroshenko stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Our prices are growing faster than income – salaries, pensions, income from business activities. According to our calculations, over the past year...

At the end of last year, Crimea took first place in the Southern Federal District in terms of inflation and price growth. Krymstat reports this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Thus, inflation in the republic was 5,5%, the increase in prices for food products was 6,7%, and for non-food products - by 3,6. “In the group of food products over the year, chicken eggs have increased in price the most,...