Only 13 percent of Russians believe that the decree of the country’s President Vladimir Putin and the government’s efforts helped to contain the rise in food prices in January-February this year. Such data are contained in the SuperJob study.
Most citizens (69 percent) did not notice the promised price containment. The respondents noted that “the freeze turned out to be fictitious”, “prices were fixed at the maximum level after the rise in price,” and also feared that such measures would lead to a shortage of goods.
The fact that freezing did not work was reported by men more often than women (72 and 65 percent, respectively). Most of those who do not observe the positive effect of price regulation are among Russians with a salary of 80,000 rubles or more (77 percent). Nearly half (48 percent) approve of food certificates for the poor. Most of the supporters of this initiative are among citizens under 34 (54 percent).
Earlier, the head of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade Maxim Reshetnikov said that the measures taken to combat the rise in prices for basic foodstuffs did not work. “The beginning of the year showed that these measures were not enough,” he explained.
The authorities began to regulate food prices late last year. The reason for this was the indignation of Vladimir Putin, who considered that the cause of the problem was the desire of manufacturers and retail chains to earn extra money. According to market participants, after the introduction of these measures, small and medium-sized retail chains faced a shortage of goods.