This was told to RIA Novosti by a federal official familiar with the discussion of the draft forecast of the ministry for 2023 and the planning period of 2024-2025.

According to him, inflation indicators in Russia will decrease, since in March, according to some estimates, inflation was 17.5%, and by December it will drop to 13.4%.

Deflation, the source said, will end before the end of the year.

On August 10, Rosstat reported that deflation for the week in Russia amounted to 0.08%.