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Russia's weekly inflation hits zero for second straight week, Rosstat says
Russian state statistics service Rosstat reported zero weekly inflation for the period April 7-13 and near-zero 01%) for April 14-20, 2026. Annual inflation dipped to 69% as of April 20, while the economic development minister called the slowdown a stable trend.
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All reporting on this story comes from TASS, Russia's state news agency, which has published three separate dispatches citing Rosstat data and a statement by Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov. No other outlets have been included in the available material.
Key Claims
Zero weekly inflation (April 7–13): Rosstat recorded zero growth in consumer prices for the period April 7–13, 2026, after 19% inflation the previous week (March 31 – April 6). This was reported by TASS in a dispatch dated April 15.
Near-zero weekly inflation (April 14–20): Rosstat reported inflation of 01% for the week of April 14–20, with zero inflation a week earlier. Consumer prices gained 18% from the start of April and 16% year-to-date. Annual inflation stood at 69% as of April 20. These figures appear in a TASS report dated April 22 and are consistent with the earlier data.
Annual inflation figures differ slightly by date: As of April 13, annual inflation was calculated at 78% (based on average daily data for the same dates in the previous year). By April 20, it had eased to 69%.
Ministerial statement on inflation trend: Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov, speaking at a Russian-Serbian forum in Belgrade on April 23, said inflation slowed to 6% at the end of last year and that the pace this year shows a "consistent trend" of slowdown. He did not provide specific figures for current annual inflation.
Analysis
All three TASS articles rely solely on Rosstat data and the minister's statement. The numbers are consistent across the reports—the weekly figures for April 7–13 are identical in both the April 15 and April 22 dispatches, and the April 20 annual rate 69%) logically follows from the earlier 78%. The cumulative from the start of April differs slightly 17% vs. 18%) between the two reports, likely reflecting an updated calculation or rounding.
The minister's comment about year-end 2025 inflation 6%) aligns with the trend shown in the weekly data: inflation has been decelerating from the 19% level in early April to zero the following week. However, the minister did not specify what drove the slowdown, and the Rosstat reports do not provide category-level detail.
While the figures are reported as factual by the state news agency, they have not yet been corroborated by independent sources such as the Central Bank of Russia or international organizations within the provided material. Given the source, readers should treat the numbers as official preliminary data pending further confirmation.
This article was compiled from TASS dispatches dated April 15, April 22, and April 23, 2026. No independent verification of the Rosstat data was available at the time of writing.
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ClaimInflation geared down to 5.6% as of the last year-end. Inflation slowdown in Russia has become a consistent trend.