Internal growth sources

Food prices in Moscow have risen since the beginning of the year, but this has not been associated with the introduction of the embargo for the supply of food from Western countries. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on the air of the Vesti FM radio station.

“This began much earlier - from the beginning of the new year. No prices of prices after the introduction of new sanctions occurred thanks to the control of suppliers and attracting new suppliers,” said Sobyanin.

According to him, the volume of investments in Moscow "is higher than in most European megacities." "The atmosphere in the city, public space, the comfort of living are one of the main competitive advantages of the city. If we want people, business and investment, we must create this environment," Sobyanin concluded.

According to the Federal Customs Service, the import of goods from far abroad countries to Russia fell by 15.6 percent over August. If in July Russia brought goods totaling 24 billion 262.1 million dollars, then in August this value amounted to only 20 billion 478.1 million.

At the same time, the import of a number of food products fell more than half. So, the import of dairy products decreased by 56 percent - from $ 183.3 million to 80.5 million, and the import of vegetables decreased by 73 percent - from 131.7 million to 35.3 million. Less significant - by 17 percent - the import of meat and offal decreased.

Along with this, the import of non -food goods decreased. Thus, the import of engineering products in a month decreased by 19.7 percent, the chemical industry goods - by 12.2 percent, textiles and shoes - by 3.3 percent.