“It all depends on which range of goods we consider this inflation, which range of goods Kudrin chose in order to reach the figure of 20.7%.
If he took a narrow group of consumer goods that are consumed every day, that people need every day, then maybe these 20% can turn out, ”the economist explained.
According to him, for goods that cannot be refused, there is a more accelerated rise in prices.
“Because retail chains, realizing that people cannot refuse these goods, raise prices virtually at their own discretion, without a restraining center,” Belyaev added.
At the same time, he stressed that the Russian economy is not in a critical state, but in a period of stabilization.
“We can come to the conclusion that as long as we live normally and with normal management of the economy, understanding the prospects for how it should develop, and using adequate tools, it can get stabilized,” the RT interlocutor said.
Earlier it was reported that inflation in Russia, according to the baseline forecast, will be 20.7% in 2022.