Head of the Government of Russia Mikhail Mishustine instructed the Ministry of Agriculture with maximum attention and responsibility to approach monitoring prices for socially important products. Video recruitment of the premiere to the participants of the Collegium of the Office is published on the office of the Cabinet.
he explained that President Vladimir Putin said about the difficult situation with the cost of products. Earlier, the government has already taken measures to deter price, but the situation remains tense, and should be promptly responding to changes to protect the interests of consumers.
At the beginning of the conversion, Mishoustin stated that Russian agriculture reliably provides a country and people with necessary food, and import substitution issues are solved successfully.
Talk about the monitoring of the price of the prime minister forced inflation growth. According to the results of May, in the annual expression, according to Rosstat, for the first time in five years exceeded six percent. Speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (PMEF-2021), Putin admitted that the rise in prices was unexpectedly high, but the authorities hope that by the end of the year it is normalized.
To combat inflation, the Bank of Russia at the next meeting of the Board of Directors decided to sharply increase the key rate. As at the last meeting, the growth was 0.5 percentage points, reaching 5.5 percent.