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In 2024, according to Rosstat, consumer prices in Russia increased by 9.52%: butter - +36%, vegetables and fruits - +22%, frozen fish - +17%, milk/dairy - +16%, bread/bakery - +13%, sunflower oil - +12%, alcohol - +8%, gasoline - +11%, medicines - +10%, building materials - +8%, tobacco - +6%, electrical goods - +5%, services - +11.52%. In 2024, 1.57 million new passenger cars were sold in Russia (+48.4% compared to 2023), the best result in the last 5 years. In 2019, 1.59 million units were sold. Leaders: LADA (436.2 thousand), Haval (190.6), Chery (157), Geely (149.1), Changan (106.1). The combined sales of the nine largest Chinese brands amounted to about 50% (791,518). According to Moscow State University, 2024 was the warmest year in Moscow in the history of meteorological observations. September was especially warm: the average monthly temperature was +17.9 degrees Celsius, which is 5.7 degrees above the climatic norm. The previous record (+17) was set in 1847. In 2024, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, the rice harvest in Russia set a new record and amounted to more than 1.2 mil tons, +17% compared to 2023. About 70% comes from Krasnodar Krai. Rice is also grown in Dagestan, Rostov Oblast, the Chechen Republic, and Primorsky Krai. By 2030, it is planned to harvest up to 2 mil tons of rice. In 2025, Russia's budget revenues are expected to be 40.3T rubles (400B USD, 18.8% of GDP), expenditures - 41.47T (19.3%). 13.5T (6.31%) will be allocated for military spending. Spending on "National Security and Law Enforcement" and "National Defense" will be 41% of all federal budget spending, exceeding spending on education, healthcare, social policy and the national economy combined. More notes from Russia »
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As of November 2024, you can buy 1 gram of 99,90-99,99% silver for about 120+ Rubles (1.2 USD), here is an example. If we are talking about people in Russia handing over silver items for scrap, they will be accepted for a price approximately 2 times lower.

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