Patrushev spoke about the government's measures to stabilize food prices

The rise in food prices in Russia is due to high demand for a number of goods, the government is taking measures to stabilize their cost. This was reported by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Patrushev on November 29.

"Taking into account the increased demand for a number of food products and, as a consequence, the trend of rising prices for them, the government is taking additional measures aimed at increasing the affordability of goods. Firstly, the regions are concluding agreements with producers and chains on price stabilization," Patrushev said.

He pointed out that this measure concerns such products as sugar, bread, butter and vegetables from the "borsch set". The subjects of the Russian Federation, where such measures have been taken, are currently 36. The results are already visible, so the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia will recommend this method of combating price growth to other regions as well. In addition, the agency will continue to monitor the price situation in general.

Secondly, the government is encouraging retail chains to enter into long-term contracts with suppliers of vegetables and potatoes. This will help both producers and retailers to better understand the price at which products will be purchased and sold. In addition, such a method guarantees agricultural enterprises sales, in which intermediaries are excluded from the chain.

Thirdly, according to the Deputy Prime Minister, Russia continues to import some products from friendly countries in order to make the market offer fully saturated.

Deputy Prime Minister added that the food market in Russia is fully supplied with products. The country's agro-industrial complex (AIC) faced very difficult weather conditions in 2024, but still managed to gather a decent harvest. The livestock and fishery sectors remain stable, while the food and processing industries are working dynamically.

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In mid-October it was reported that in August and September, butter prices rose by 7.9%. Among the reasons for the rise in price is the increase in production costs, including due to rising costs for the purchase of raw milk and milk fats. At the same time Patrushev gave a number of instructions to stabilize butter prices.

Later, on November 12, Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov instructed to check the information that producers were raising milk prices. FAS, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Industry and Trade were involved in this work.