In recent months, in Sebastopol record the steady decline in consumer prices. About this 28 may at the meeting of the city government said the head of the main Department of consumer market and licensing Vadim Kirpichnikov. According to him, consumer food prices in Sevastopol to December of the previous year was 102,55%, and by April of the current year — 98,88%.

"The April index in Sevastopol coincided with the same period in Krasnodar Krai. In the southern Federal district it is in average to above — 100,14%, and throughout Russia — 101,09%. Only in the Republic of Crimea, the consumer price index below (98,39%)," — said the expert.

As reported IA REGNUM, according to the head of Cristata Olga Baldina, in 2017, the prices of goods and services in the Crimea showed the lowest growth among the regions of the southern Federal district.

"We have the lowest growth of consumer prices in the southern Federal district. If we talk about the Peninsula, the highest price increases to be in 2017 was observed in the service sector and 1.4%, food fell by 1.9% and non-food goods rose 1.3%", — noted the expert, emphasizing that the cost of the minimum food basket declined from 3871 to 3738 rubles a month.