For the period from 16 to 22 August the price of pork rose 0.7%, chickens - by 0.5%, pasteurized milk, cheese, butter, margarine, and buckwheat - by 0.3%, according to Rosstat.

However, fish, rice, salt has fallen in price on 0,1-0,3%.

Overall inflation for the week has made 0,1%, since the beginning of the year to 3.9%.

The decline in prices for fruits and vegetables on average amounted to 3.4%, including fresh tomatoes and 9.4%, potatoes, onions, carrots, white cabbage - 4,0-5,8%. According to the forecast of the Bank, a record grain harvest in 2016 will maintain GDP and keep inflation. On the background of strengthening of the national currency, moderate recovery of consumer demand and limits the indexation of tariffs of infrastructure companies, the inflation will decrease by the end of 2016, to 5.5-6% from 7.2% in July, in 2017 - to 4.9% and then will not exceed the level of 4%, reaching thus the target of the Bank of Russia.