The price of meat (including poultry) in Russia last year rose sharply against the fall of 2013. As reported by Rosstat on Monday, the meat in the 2014 rose by 20.1%, while in 2013 it was recorded a reduction by 3%.

The price of fish rose by 19.1% against 7.6% in 2013.

The sharp rise in prices is observed for cereals. They rose by 34.6% versus 3.2% in 2013. The growth rate of prices for buckwheat, which in the autumn of last year broke records in December slowed down to 22.4% vs. 54.4% in November.

Pasta in the past year rose by 8.4% compared with 4.7% in 2013.

According to Rosstat, in General, during the year, food prices were up by 15.4% (7.3% in 2013). In December, the growth rate was 3.3%. The growth of prices for non-food items for the year amounted to 8.1% (4.5% in 2013), in December to 2.3%.

Services for 2014 rose by 10.5% (8.0% in 2013), in December at an average rate of 2.2%.

On Monday Rosstat also said that inflation in the country in December 2014 amounted to 2.6% after 1.3% in November. Thus, the office has confirmed that inflation for the year was 11.4%.

It should be noted that inflation in December was the highest for the last 10 years - the last time such a significant growth was observed in January 2005 2.6% (in January in those years were indexed rates, therefore, high inflation then explained mainly by an increase in tariffs).

In 2013, inflation in Russia amounted to 6.5% in 2012 and 6.6% in 2011 to 6.1% in 2010 and 2009 was 8.8%. Last double-digit inflation for the year in Russia was recorded in 2008, when it amounted to 13.3%).

Final figures for the year 2014 more than twice exceeded the official target of the Central Bank on inflation for 2014. The Bank of Russia in the beginning of the year planned to keep inflation within 5%.

The explosive growth of consumer prices has been observed since mid-December after the devaluation of the ruble. In the week from 16 to 22 December inflation accelerated to 0.9% - the highest weekly growth since, as Rosstat began to publish data on weekly inflation in 2008. Data for the last week of December Rosstat does not, but, apparently, weekly inflation remained about the same record level.

In 2015, according to economists, inflation will remain at two-digit level and will amount to 10.9% (according to the consensus forecast of "Interfax", prepared at the end of December). In the first quarter inflation in annual terms will continue to grow and can reach 13-15%, but the second half is expected to decrease annual figures.

The Minister of economic development Alexei Ulyukayev at the end of December was talking about the forecast of the Ministry of inflation for 2015 10%. The Central Bank of the Russian Federation in mid-December predicted inflation in 2015 in the range of 8.2-8.7 percent under the baseline scenario, oil prices at $80 per barrel and inflation 9.3 and 9.8% at the price of $60 per barrel.