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The minimum food set is a set of essential goods, the cost of which is used to assess the standard of living and inflation in the regions of Russia.
The minimum monthly food package per person in August 2026 fell in price by 2.4% - to 7,962.5 rubles.
The cheapest food basket will cost in Mordovia and the Penza region, the most expensive in Chukotka and the Kamchatka Territory.
The cost of the minimum food basket in Moscow averaged 9,420 rubles, and in St. Petersburg - 9,390 rubles.
MOSCOW, October 7 - RIA Novosti. The minimum monthly food package per person in August 2026 fell in price by 2.4% - to 7.96 thousand rubles, RIA Novosti was told in Rusprodsoyuz.
“The cost of the minimum set of food for Russians in August 2026 decreased by 2.4%. The minimum set of food per person today will cost an average of 7,962.5 rubles,” the association calculated.
The cheapest food basket will cost in Mordovia - on average 6.42 thousand rubles and in the Penza region - 6.61 thousand rubles. At the same time, the most expensive products are in Chukotka - on average 21.3 thousand rubles and in the Kamchatka Territory - 13.54 thousand rubles.
The cost of the minimum food basket in Moscow in August averaged 9.42 thousand rubles, and in St. Petersburg - 9.39 thousand rubles.

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