Rise of Prices in 2018: Russia on the World Map

Aleksandra Ya. Burdyak – Senior Researcher of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Marina A. Eliseeva – Researcher of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Rise in prices for eggs, sugar, fruit and vegetables, tobacco and gasoline among non-food products, tourism, communal services and education in the services’ sector were main sources of accelerating consumer inflation in 2018. Russia is juxtaposed Brazil, Mexico, India and South Africa according to rates of inflation in per year basis.

Key words: consumer inflation, groceries, nonfoods, services.