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In June, prices fell or remained unchanged in 17 Russian regions, in 42 they rose less than in May, and in the rest, price growth accelerated.

Food prices increased moderately in June, and vegetables and fruits became cheaper even more significantly than usual in the season. Eggs and butter continued to become cheaper, and sugar prices decreased. At the same time, tea, coffee and cocoa became more expensive faster.

Among non-food products, the most noticeable decline in price was in equipment and electronics. Demand for these products was falling primarily due to the cooling of lending. The strengthening of the ruble also contributed.

The growth in prices for services remained high, but was much less than in May. In particular, household, medical services, and foreign tourism services increased in price less.

Annual inflation fell in 68 regions of the country in June. The Bank of Russia will continue to reduce price growth, maintaining high rates. According to the forecast, annual inflation will return to 4% in 2026 and remain close to this level in the future.

For more information on inflation in each region, seeinformation and analytical materials, published on the website of the Bank of Russia.

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For six months of 2025 complaints The number of complaints to the Bank of Russia from consumers of financial services and investors increased by 18.6% compared to the same period last year. A total of 182.4 thousand complaints were received.

At the same time, quarterly dynamics show a decrease in the number of complaints: in April-June of this year, it decreased by almost 7% compared to January-March.

Complaints about banks increased by 28.6%. Claims are most often related to blocking transactions, accounts and bank cards, as well as suspension of remote banking services. Banks are taking such measures to combat financial fraud.

At the same time, consumers complained almost twice as rarely about the imposition of additional services when taking out a loan.

The number of complaints against insurers has decreased by 47%. Thanks to the fact that citizens can independently clarify the value of the bonus-malus coefficient and challenge it through the website of the National Insurance Information System, template complaints have practically ceased to arrive: 80 against 10.4 thousand for the first half of 2024.

The number of complaints about microfinance organizations has increased slightly. The 3.6% increase is due to difficulties in returning funds for additional services and in obtaining credit holidays. There are fewer complaints related to new cases of imposition of additional services and credit histories.

The situation with claims against professional participants in the securities market developed in a similar way – they decreased by 19%. The smallest number of complaints related to sanctions restrictions were received against brokers (a 3.2-fold decrease) and depositories (a 2.5-fold decrease).

Complaints about non-state pension funds (NPF) increased by 17.7%. The reason is the growth of claims regarding the execution of long-term savings agreements. However, in absolute figures, there are few such complaints: 193 for more than 5.6 million concluded agreements. Complaints about disagreement with the transition from the Social Fund of Russia to NPF, as well as between NPFs, decreased by 40.3%.

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The Bank of Russia has approved the methodologies of two credit rating agencies (CRAs) for assigning non-credit ratings to ordinary shares. This is a new product on the market, which represents an assessment of the fair value of companies. It will become an additional reference point for investors when making investment decisions.

The pilot included OOO National Credit Ratings and OOO National Rating Agency. When assessing issuers, the CRAs will take into account how companies comply with corporate legislation, including investor protection standards, then assign "stars" to shares and accompany the ratings with extended analytics.

The first issuers to be rated will be companies fromShareholder Value Creation Programs.

At the end of the year, the Bank of Russia will analyze the experience gained and, if it proves positive, will consider the possibility of using stock ratings in financial regulation.

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The Finopolis Forum of Innovative Financial Technologies is 10 years old. This year it will be held from October 8 to 10 at the Sirius federal territory. You can register atwebsite.

The forum will be attended by the management of the Bank of Russia, representatives of relevant ministries and departments, leading financial and digital fintech companies, as well as opinion leaders in the field of technology. They will discuss trends and vectors of development of financial technologies in various segments of the financial market.

According to established tradition, an exhibition will open for forum guests, where the latest achievements in the field of innovation will be presented.

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Laws The State Duma adopted a resolution on requirements for installment service operators and contracts with them.

Now sellers and installment service operators (intermediaries between the seller and the buyer) will not be able to disguise interest on deferred payments by setting different prices for goods in installments and for cash. The amount of fines that installment service operators can collect from users is also limited.

In addition, if the citizen’s installment obligations exceed 50 thousand rubles, the service operator will be obliged transfer this information to the credit bureau. This will help banks and microfinance organizations assess the level of a person's debt burden when applying for a loan or credit. Thus, citizens will be better protected from debt overload and default risks.

Legislators also gradually limited the maximum period of interest-free installments: from April 1, 2026 – 6 months, from April 1, 2028 – 4 months.

The changes will come into force on April 1, 2026.

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Law, which extends the experiment in partnership financing, also provides for the improvement of its mechanisms. The law was adopted by the State Duma and approved by the Federation Council.

The experiment will be carried out from September 1, 2023, on the territory of Bashkortostan, Dagestan, Tatarstan and the Chechen Republic. It was initially announced for two years.

The law expands the list of partnership financing operations, including opening accounts by banks that have the appropriate license. The list of operations also includes mutual insurance.

A special committee will be created to approve standards for partner funding. Companies should indicate in their advertising that they are participants in the experiment.

In addition, the list of grounds for refusing to include organizations in the register of experiment participants is being expanded, as well as the list of grounds for exclusion from it. This will reduce the risks of unscrupulous companies participating in the experiment.

The purpose of the law is to create a more correct and uniform provision of partnership financing services, to increase the transparency and attractiveness of the experiment, including for foreign investors.

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