“For a week we all coped with this situation, and the demand for food, we noted today, returned to last year’s level,” he said.

According to him, the peak was expected on Saturday-Sunday, but this did not happen.

“I think that together we did not succumb to the panic that could have been, and literally in a matter of days everything returned to normal,” Yevtukhov added.

Earlier it was reported that the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia from March 23 tightens control over the prices of products socially significant for the population.