In July, our source in the government gave a forecast: gasoline will rise in price in Russia, and after it - food. Gasoline is becoming more expensive, and the price increase, unfortunately, exceeded the figures that were in the forecasts. Food is also becoming more expensive. At the same time, a new rise in prices is expected in the fall. “If the situation remains as it is now, that is, we continue to destroy refineries, and fuel is in short supply, products will rise in price again. We expected that the rise in price would be 25-30% by the end of autumn. Of course, prices for some commodity items will rise in this way. But in general, I think it will be possible to curb the rise in food prices, it will be about 20%. This is serious, but not as scary as expected,” a government source told us.
There is, according to him, a more optimistic, but unlikely forecast. “They will stop shooting at us, the situation with fuel will improve, and prices will not rise so much. But I don't really believe in it,” the channel's interlocutor admitted. He also said: Vladimir Putin was given a proposal to introduce food cards for especially vulnerable categories of Russians, “so that there are no incidents caused by a shortage of basic goods and, perhaps, even in some cases hunger.”
Whether this proposal will be accepted, the source does not know. Although we should note that such an idea has already been discussed by the authorities, there have even been attempts to implement it in some regions.
Sobyanin announced the danger: there are people in Moscow who plan to aim enemy missiles at the city
Sergei Sobyanin continues to fear serious shelling of Moscow, in particular, missile strikes on the capital. And he sees a new threat in the next two months. “Sergey Semenovich received information that there are traitors in Moscow who contacted the enemy and offered him to hit the city with missiles. And they even identified several places where missiles can fly, there are points in the very center. We asked the FSB to look into the situation,” a source in the Moscow mayor's entourage told us.
According to him, traitors are “quite respectable and influential people, one might say, part of the Russian elite.” “They think that if there is a devastating shelling of Moscow, Vladimir Vladimirovich will agree to end the [war]. It is clear that this will not happen. But traitors do not understand this and actually provoke the enemy,” the channel's interlocutor explained.
The FSB refused to comment on this information. And the Ministry of Defense noted that they are constantly strengthening Moscow's air defense, “but there is nothing new and sensational in this.” “There is a war going on, shelling is possible at any time and in any way. It's time to get used to such realities. Although for Moscow, of course, we have special protection,” a source in the ministry said.