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Russian inflation is raging at 60%, not the reported 3.6%, thanks to the ruble's 'freefall', top economist Steve Hanke says
(markets.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2023
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60% against what price index? This is his own “Hanke” index, which mostly is measuring PPP, but most of Russia always had a low PPP anyways.
Traditional consumer goods in Russia like bread, milk, and eggs are not significantly changed, but obviously most European imports are not possible right now, so specific goods may be obscenely expensive. This includes things like vehicles and technology, for obvious reasons.
Outside of major hubs like Moscow, it is a fair question to ask whether consumers even notice inflation in Russia, outside of the availability of specific brands.
Yes, Russian consumers do notice significant inflation every month: https://fom.ru/ekonomika/11554
Here is a link to a Google translate of the page:
https://fom-ru.translate.goog/ekonomika/11554?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=da&_x_tr_pto=wapp
From the article: "According to the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Russian inflation expectations jumped to 11.1% in July."
That's a pretty high number too. Especially since expectations are that it will get worse for a number of reasons.
Russia is sorely lacking workers now, in part because they fled the country, and ion part because they are in war or casualties of war, and in part because the Russian demographics would have caused a slight drop too.
Despite that economists expect a slight economic increase this year. This is a bit strange, but to me it seems that although the Russian economy is under a lot of stress, it simultaneously acts like it's overheating, just maintaining the current level.
Whether this will soon act like a bubble collapsing IDK. But if it does, it's really bad, because it's not just financial, it's the entire infrastructure that basically collapses.
You can't notice inflation when your corpse is rotting on Ukrainian soil. That's Putinnomics 101.