Rising prices in some regions of Russia, which occurred last month, not always associated with imposed food embargo on Western countries, the situation was exploited by unscrupulous traders, said the speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko.
Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. At the end of July, the EU and the US from point penalties against private individuals and organizations turned to measures against entire sectors of the Russian economy. In response, Russia has restricted the import of food items from countries that have introduced in relation to penalties: USA, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway.
" The price Increase, which occurred in a number of areas, not always associated with the prohibition on the importation into the Russian Federation subjects from countries that have imposed punishment against us. As always, in troubled waters there are many who want to fish: this situation was exploited by unscrupulous traders and artificially started increasing the prices, " said Matviyenko at the meeting about possible ways of development of Kamchatskiy Krai.
Regional authorities, the Federal Antimonopoly service and other authorities are obliged to strictly observe the situation and not allow price increase, she added.
Matvienko gave the example that the price of frozen intact fish in the Kamchatka territory increased by 20%, which is much higher than in other regions. In her vision, in the fishing region that can't be right.
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